Israel, although being such a small country, has great changes in weather from area to area. The distance from the Mediterranean sea and the altitude has the greatest effect on the weather. The southernmost tip of Israel is extremely dry, with average annual precipitation of only 32 millimeters, while the northernmost tip of Israel has an average of 1300 millimeters. The distance between the two is only 470 kilometers. Israel has a Mediterranean climate, which means that summers are hot or warm with sunny weather and almost no rain at all. Winters are cool or cold, with quite a lot of rain. Autumn and spring are usually short. Along the coast temperatures very rarely go below 5 °C in winter time and and above 30 °C in the summer time.

Humidity
Note that humidity in the costal area can reach 70 to 80 percent humidity in the summer period.


Average sea water temperatures
16 °C in winter time
20 °C in autumn and spring time
28 °C in summer time