Jericho weather in August

In August, Jericho sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Jericho's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jericho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:07 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
5%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
7.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Jericho is city in West Bank, Palestine.

Density
335/km²
people per km²
Founded
~9600 BCE

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Jericho reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Jericho

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Jericho weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 11°568.210.25.9
Feb18° / 12°457.810.86.3
Mar21° / 14°295.711.87.5
Apr25° / 16°92.612.88.4
May30° / 20°40.813.66.7
Jun33° / 23°10.1144.9
Jul35° / 25°0013.93.6
Aug35° / 25°0013.23.5
Sep33° / 24°10.212.24.7
Oct30° / 21°51.711.26.7
Nov24° / 16°18410.48.1
Dec19° / 13°376.7106.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Jericho gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:57 AM to 5:17 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:576:32
213.64:586:31
313.54:586:30
413.54:596:29
513.55:006:28
613.55:006:27
713.45:016:26
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1013.35:036:24
1113.35:046:23
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1313.35:056:21
1413.25:066:20
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1613.25:076:18
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2013.15:106:13
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Jericho

In seasonPeak

None of Jericho's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Jericho sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Jericho?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jericho. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jericho in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Jericho sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jericho in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jericho peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Jericho in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Jericho is worst in December — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 2070 µg/m³Jul 2135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jericho?

Jericho sits at 31.9°N, 35.5°E, -233 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Ma‘ale Adummim, 17 km away.

Ma‘ale AdummimAl ‘AyzarīyahAr Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al BarīdBayt ḨanīnāShu‘fāţ‘AţārūtEast JerusalemAl Bīrah

Topography around Jericho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jericho has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m around an average of -191 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,209 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,660 m.

The land around Jericho is covered by bare terrain (40%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
434 m
16 km
1,209 m
80 km
1,660 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ma‘ale Adummim 17 km · Al ‘Ayzarīyah 20 km · Ar Rām wa Ḑāḩiyat al Barīd 20 km · Bayt Ḩanīnā 22 km · Shu‘fāţ 22 km · ‘Aţārūt 22 km · East Jerusalem 22 km · Al Bīrah 23 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 Jericho (31.8667°, 35.45°, elevation -233 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. 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).