Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Tulkarm is from April, May, November. — consistent weather climate
🌡Hot & dry
| Score | 57 | 69 | 80 | 89 | 88 | 70 | 51 | 47 | 58 | 81 | 86 | 74 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Cool & rainy | Cool & rainy | Mild | Pleasant | Pleasant | Pleasant | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Hot & dry | Pleasant | Pleasant | Cool & rainy |
| Temperature | 9–17°C | 9–19°C | 11–21°C | 13–25°C | 17–29°C | 19–31°C | 22–33°C | 23–33°C | 21–32°C | 19–30°C | 15–25°C | 11–20°C |
| Feels like | 7–15°C | 7–17°C | 9–20°C | 12–25°C | 17–30°C | 21–33°C | 24–36°C | 26–37°C | 24–35°C | 20–30°C | 14–24°C | 9–18°C |
| Precipitation | 145mm 17 days | 111mm 14 days | 72mm 11 days | 42mm 7 days | 15mm 4 days | 4mm 2 days | 2mm 1 days | 2mm 1 days | 4mm 2 days | 17mm 4 days | 61mm 8 days | 101mm 13 days |
| Sunshine | 8.7h ☀︎ 84% | 9.3h ☀︎ 84% | 10.2h ☀︎ 85% | 11.7h ☀︎ 90% | 12.7h ☀︎ 92% | 13.2h ☀︎ 93% | 13.2h ☀︎ 94% | 12.6h ☀︎ 94% | 11.5h ☀︎ 93% | 10.5h ☀︎ 93% | 9.3h ☀︎ 88% | 8.2h ☀︎ 82% |
| Wind | S · 16 km/h | SE · 15 km/h | SW · 16 km/h | W · 16 km/h | W · 16 km/h | W · 16 km/h | W · 16 km/h | W · 16 km/h | W · 15 km/h | NW · 15 km/h | E · 14 km/h | SE · 14 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 71% | 71% | 68% | 65% | 62% | 67% | 69% | 70% | 69% | 67% | 64% | 69% |
| Day length | 10.3h | 11.0h | 12.0h | 13.0h | 13.8h | 14.2h | 14.0h | 13.3h | 12.4h | 11.4h | 10.5h | 10.1h |
While standard travel wisdom defaults to the gentle breezes of April, May is the true standout in Tulkarm—trading a fraction of springtime coolness for uncrowded streets, quiet markets, and long golden afternoons.
Tulkarm sits squarely where the fertile coastal foothills flatten before rising into the northern spine of the West Bank. Positioned between Netanya on the coastal plain to the west and the high ridge roads toward Nablus and Jenin to the east, this is fundamentally an unvarnished working hub. You do not come here for manicured resort amenities or curated museum circuits. You come to experience Palestinian daily life at its most unfiltered: the crack of roasted coffee beans steeped with cardamom, the rumble of transit vans, and the earthy perfume of citrus groves and olive orchards rolling down toward the coastal basin. Knowing when to step into this rhythm is the difference between an exhausting trek and an extraordinarily intimate look at everyday life in the Levant.
On paper, April looks like perfection. The heavy winter storms have retreated, the landscape is bright green, and the air carries a mild, effortless warmth. Naturally, that statistical perfection draws regional travelers and family visits, creating friction on the roads and crowded market quarters.
May is where the savvy traveler wins. The weather warms up, but the trade-off is magnificent: visitor foot traffic drops sharply, the pace of commercial life slows to a comfortable crawl, and rainfall vanishes entirely. While April still brings occasional damp mornings that stall outdoor plans, May reliably delivers thirteen hours of bright sunlight every single day.
In May, you walk the market lanes without shoulder-to-shoulder jostling. You can linger under café awnings drinking iced mint lemonade while watching the afternoon heat settle softly over the stone lintels, completely undisturbed. It is the single window where comfort and quiet cross paths.
By late June, the heat ceases to be background scenery and becomes the ruler of the day. As July and August take hold, apparent temperatures climb into the upper thirties, magnified by humid Mediterranean air pushing inland across the plain. The midday sun beats down on the asphalt until the central avenues empty out entirely.
Traveling through Tulkarm at midday in high summer requires endurance. Between eleven in the morning and four in the afternoon, sensible life retreats indoors behind thick stone walls, drawn curtains, and humming fans. Trying to conduct a walking tour through the city during these hours is an uphill battle against stifling air.
To experience summer here, you must invert your schedule. The city truly reawakens after sunset. Once dusk cools the stone, shopfronts light up, fruit sellers wheel out carts of figs and watermelons, and the streets fill with families reclaiming the night air. It possesses a raw, communal vitality, but daytime explorers will find it the most taxing stretch of the year.
September clings stubbornly to summer’s sluggish heat, but October brings palpable relief as the dense humidity clears out and daytime warmth softens. By the time November arrives, Tulkarm enters its most serene shoulder season.
November is an overlooked treasure. Temperatures settle near an effortless twenty-five degrees, and the air turns crisp and clear. The surrounding hills between Tulkarm, Jenin, and Nablus hum with the annual olive harvest, filling the air with the vegetal, peppery scent of fresh-pressed oil. Occasional rains arrive, but they fall in brief, refreshing showers that simply wash the summer dust from the terraces without disrupting travel.
Crowds remain minimal throughout late autumn. If you want to wander regional roads, explore agricultural valleys, and converse with shopkeepers who actually have time to chat, this quiet stretch rivaling spring should be your target.
Here lies Tulkarm’s greatest contradiction: the wettest, rawest stretch of the calendar is also its busiest. December and February see massive surges in foot traffic, driven by diaspora homecomings and seasonal trade across the northern West Bank, even as the climate plummets to its annual low.
Winter here is not picturesque frost; it is persistent, coastal-driven damp. Rain arrives in heavy, blustery fronts that soak the alleys, churn up mud in unpaved lots, and make walking an exercise in puddle navigation. Indoor heating is scarce, meaning the chill follows you inside cafés and drafty shops.
Visiting during midwinter means sharing packed streets, full service taxis, and bustling indoor halls under slate-gray skies. There is undeniable cultural warmth in how people gather against the cold, but anyone expecting gentle Mediterranean winter sun will be sorely disappointed.
March serves as the bridge between winter downpours and the warmth of spring. The drenched hillsides erupt in brief, dazzling carpets of wild grasses, cyclamens, and anemones, transforming the approaches to the city into lush agricultural tapestries.
Yet the month remains erratic. A sun-drenched morning can quickly give way to a gusting westerly squall that sends plastic awnings clattering and drops the temperature sharply within an hour. It is a stunning time to witness the earth regenerate, provided you carry a windbreaker and keep your itinerary flexible.