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Jerusalem in May

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 56°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 13°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 7% of days
Daylight
13h 46mon average

Is May a good time to visit Jerusalem?

Yes. May is one of Jerusalem's best months (April to May, or October to November).

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in May, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in May, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

7% of days in May, against 0% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

18% cover in May, against 1% to 29% through the year.

Daylight

13h 46m in May, against 10h 06m to 14h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April74°23°low 49°low 9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May84°29°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June90°32°low 62°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Jerusalem sits, in May

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:43 AMsets 7:28 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Jerusalem

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.