Climate
Eilat has a Desert climate with hot, dry summers and warm and almost rainless winters (BWh in Köppen climate classification). Winters are usually between 11 °C (52 °F) to 23 °C (73 °F). Summers are usually between 26 °C (79 °F) to 40 °C (100 °F). There are relatively small coral reefs near Eilat; however, 50 years ago they were much larger: the corals have been dying as a result of water pollution.
| Climate data for Eilat | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
40.6 (105.1) |
44.8 (112.6) |
45.6 (114.1) |
47.4 (117.3) |
47.4 (117.3) |
45 (113) |
41.5 (106.7) |
36.4 (97.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
47.4 (117.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
38.7 (101.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
33 (91) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21 (70) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20 (68) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
7 (45) |
2.5 (36.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.138) |
5.8 (0.228) |
3.7 (0.146) |
1.7 (0.067) |
1 (0.04) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
3.5 (0.138) |
3.5 (0.138) |
6 (0.24) |
28.7 (1.13) |
| % humidity | 32 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 23.5 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 10.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.4 | 237.3 | 251.1 | 273.0 | 319.3 | 324.0 | 347.2 | 347.2 | 291.0 | 282.1 | 246.0 | 217.0 | 3,364.6 |
| Source #1: Israel Meteorological Service | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: climatemps.com | |||||||||||||
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