Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ofakim
Ofakim climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation296 mm41 wet days a year
31.31° N, 34.62° EElevation 137 mUTC+3 · Israel Daylight Time
When to goOfakim · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low30° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ofakim has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 34° and nights 22°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 296 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (77 mm, 9 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in June to 24% in January.
Compared with Jerusalem, the capital, Ofakim is 3.2° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- June · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 10 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 18° | 19° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 34° | 34° | 32° | 30° | 25° | 20° |
| Average low | 8° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 13° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 77 mm | 60 mm | 35 mm | 10 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 14 mm | 37 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.1 | 8 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 7.5 |
| Cloud cover | 24% | 23% | 21% | 19% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 18% | 24% |
| Daylight | 10h 20 | 11h 05 | 11h 57 | 12h 56 | 13h 44 | 14h 10 | 14h 00 | 13h 19 | 12h 23 | 11h 27 | 10h 35 | 10h 08 |
| Month score | 78 | 81 | 89 | 88 | 77 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 87 | 82 |
ivMonth by month
Ofakim in every month
January78
18° / 8°
77 mm · 9.1 wet days
February81
19° / 9°
60 mm · 8 wet days
March89
22° / 10°
35 mm · 4.5 wet days
April88
27° / 13°
10 mm · 2.3 wet days
May77
30° / 16°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
June70
32° / 19°
1 mm · 0 wet days
July63
34° / 21°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
August62
34° / 22°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
September69
32° / 20°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
October74
30° / 18°
14 mm · 2.6 wet days
November87
25° / 13°
37 mm · 5.7 wet days
December82
20° / 10°
57 mm · 7.5 wet days