Climate · Jerusalem

Jerusalem in February

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Jerusalem is cool: highs near 59°F, lows near 41°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Jerusalem is cool: highs near 15°C, lows near 5°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 35 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
59°F15°Caverage
Low
41°F5°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
11h 00mon average

Is February a good time to visit Jerusalem?


February sits outside Jerusalem's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October to November. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 59°F in February, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 15°C in February, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in February, against 0% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in February, against 1% to 29% through the year.

Daylight

11h 00m in February, against 10h 06m to 14h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. January58°14°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. February59°15°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March65°18°low 44°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Jerusalem sits, in February

Asia/Jerusalem

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:22 AMsets 5:25 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
31.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tel Aviv54 km north-west

The land around Jerusalem, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Israel in February

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jerusalem. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.