Climate
Ashdod has a Mediterranean climate with hot summers, pleasant spring and fall, and cool, rainy winters. Humidity tends to be high year round, and rain occurs mainly from November to March. In winter, temperatures seldom drop below 5 °C (41 °F) and are more likely to be in the region of 10–15 °C (50–59 °F), while in summer the average is 27 °C (81 °F). The average annual rainfall is 510 millimeters.
| Climate data for Ashdod | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.89 (76.82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
14.38 (57.88) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 127.9 (5.10) |
98.6 (3.93) |
61.4 (2.45) |
17.8 (.71) |
3.0 (.12) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2.3 (.09) |
19.0 (.76) |
69.8 (2.78) |
114.7 (4.57) |
514.5 (20.51) |
| Source: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics | |||||||||||||
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