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Jerusalem in October

Warm and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Jerusalem is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 39 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
11h 18mon average

Is October a good time to visit Jerusalem?

Yes. October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in October, against 0% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

15% cover in October, against 1% to 29% through the year.

Daylight

11h 18m in October, against 10h 06m to 14h 11m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September90°32°low 65°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October84°29°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November72°22°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Jerusalem sits, in October

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:41 AMsets 6:08 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.