Climate and average weather in Janīn

In Janīn, the summers are humid, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: late February to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Janīn typically varies from 7°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 4°C or above 37°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Janīn for warm-weather activities are from late February to late May and late October to mid December.

Hottest
Aug
35°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
99 mm
Driest
Aug
1 mm
Rain / yr
441 mm
60 wet days
Daylight
9.9–14.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
161 m
32.5°N
Clearest
Jul
5% cloud

Janīn is City in the State of Palestine.

Density
931/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Janīn weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late February to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Janīn, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 24 to October 16, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Janīn is August, with an average high of 35°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 5 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 20°C. The coldest month of the year in Janīn is January, with an average low of 7°C and high of 17°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in May.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan177
Feb188
Mar2110
Apr2513
May2916
Jun3220
Jul3422
Aug3523
Sep3321
Oct3018
Nov2413
Dec199

How hot and cold Janīn really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Janīn feels like about 38°C (around August 5). About 114 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan171767
Feb181878
Mar21211010
Apr25251313
May29291616
Jun33322020
Jul37342222
Aug38352323
Sep35332121
Oct30301818
Nov24241313
Dec191989

Average hourly temperature in Janīn

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 35°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Janīn weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 9911.810.15.3
Feb18° / 8910.410.85.8
Mar21° / 10°577.811.87.1
Apr25° / 13°274.712.88.1
May29° / 16°112.213.67.0
Jun32° / 20°30.914.15.3
Jul34° / 22°10.213.94.0
Aug35° / 23°10.213.23.7
Sep33° / 21°41.312.24.6
Oct30° / 18°204.311.26.2
Nov24° / 13°497.110.37.6
Dec19° / 819.59.96.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Janīn gets about 441 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 22 to Apr 12, peaking in February at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 16.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 99 mm over about 12 wet days; August is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 11 · 39%Aug 16 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3712
Feb3710
Mar268
Apr165
May72
Jun31
Jul10
Aug10
Sep41
Oct144
Nov247
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Janīn collects about 441 mm of rain across 60 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 99 mm, while August is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 61% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec99895727113114204981
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan9912
Feb8910
Mar578
Apr275
May112
Jun31
Jul10
Aug10
Sep41
Oct204
Nov497
Dec8110

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Janīn, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 3 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around October 26. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 27 and lasts for 6.2 months, ending around May 2. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 37% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 20 · 100%Jan 29 · 61%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6337
Feb6436
Mar7228
Apr8020
May8911
Jun991
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep991
Oct8812
Nov7624
Dec6634

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 8, brings about 14 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.16:464:51
Feb10.86:295:18
Mar11.85:565:41
Apr12.85:156:03
May13.64:456:25
Jun14.14:356:43
Jul13.94:466:43
Aug13.25:076:19
Sep12.25:275:39
Oct11.25:484:59
Nov10.36:154:33
Dec9.96:394:31

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Janīn averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around May 2 to Oct 23. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 12 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1230 daysFeb 812 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar15Mixed
Apr18Bright
May25Brilliant
Jun29Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep29Brilliant
Oct24Brilliant
Nov17Bright
Dec14Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Janīn, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around May 28 to October 25. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 26 to May 27, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 8 · 100%Jul 16 · 0%oppressivecomfortablehumiddrymuggycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb991000
Mar955000
Apr8217100
May34461910
Jun31851281
Jul00167211
Aug0066727
Sep1735489
Oct172842121
Nov7123600
Dec982000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Janīn is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeJul 14 · 9 km/hOct 21 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Janīn

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Janīn throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid May, Janīn is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Janīn for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to late May and again from late October to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 14 · 8.1

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.3fair
Feb5.8good
Mar7.1good
Apr8.0ideal
May7.0good
Jun5.3fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug3.8fair
Sep4.6fair
Oct6.2good
Nov7.5ideal
Dec6.3good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Janīn for hot-weather activities is from mid April to early November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 23 · 8.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Janīn, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 35°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 17°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Janīn sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Janīn

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 41 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 2 to Dec 26 — about 7.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Tropical
Oct26Warm
Nov24Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Janīn by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Janīn peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Janīn

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar5.50
Apr6.52.5
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct5.50.5
Nov3.50
Dec10

Air quality in Janīn by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Janīn is worst in December — around 86 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 40 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1886 µg/m³Aug 1140 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan81Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May61Unhealthy
Jun49Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep46Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov79Unhealthy
Dec86Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Janīn is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Janīn banks about 3,905 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan58
Feb81
Mar169
Apr268
May394
Jun479
Jul565
Aug579
Sep516
Oct433
Nov250
Dec113

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Janīn receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 65% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 217.7 kWhDec 212.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb3.8Moderate
Mar5.0Bright
Apr6.4Intense
May7.3Intense
Jun7.7Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep5.9Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov3.4Moderate
Dec2.7Moderate

Where is Janīn?

Janīn sits at 32.5°N, 35.3°E, 161 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Qabāţīyah, 6.0 km away.

ŢūbāsNablusBalāţahŢūlkarmKurayyimah

Topography around Janīn

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Janīn.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Janīn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m around an average of 193 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 880 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,660 m.

The land around Janīn is covered by grassland (28%), artificial surfaces (27%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (37%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (31%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
236 m
16 km
880 m
80 km
1,660 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Qabāţīyah 6.0 km · Al Yāmūn 7.0 km · Ţūbās 17 km · Nablus 27 km · Balāţah 28 km · Ţūlkarm 31 km · Kurayyimah 35 km · Judita 39 km

Palestinian Territory travel facts

Power plugs
Type C / H
230 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita
$3,171
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
81%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2016
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 463

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Janīn (32.4594°, 35.3009°, elevation 161 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).