What's on in Eilat, Israel through the year

Busy — Israel's winter escape, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Israel's winter escape (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Israel's winter escape, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Israel's winter escape (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Passover, Israel's winter escape

• Nature

  Spring raptor migration

  1 Mar – 10 May · usuallyBirdlife season

  Eilat sits on the narrowest crossing between Africa and Eurasia, and in spring hundreds of thousands of raptors and storks funnel over the town. The ringing station north of the centre is where to stand. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Passover

  25 Mar – 30 Apr · usuallyJewish holidaysCrowdedBook early

  The whole of Israel takes the week off and a large part of it drives to Eilat. Hotel rates are at their annual peak, the beaches are full and the road down through the Arava is slow both ways. Source ↗

Still on: Israel's winter escape (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Passover, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Spring raptor migration (1 Mar – 10 May (usually)), Passover (25 Mar – 30 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Spring raptor migration (1 Mar – 10 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  The unusable afternoon

  1 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyExtreme heat

  Desert heat with no relief until dark; the diving and the beach clubs run early and late and the middle of the day belongs to air conditioning. Rooms are correspondingly cheap.

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: The unusable afternoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: The unusable afternoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — The Tishrei holidays, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Autumn migration

  1 Sep – 15 Nov · usuallyBirdlife season

  The return passage south is longer and more spread out than the spring rush, with waders and warblers working the salt pans as well as the raptors overhead. Source ↗

• Holiday

  The Tishrei holidays

  20 Sep – 25 Oct · usuallyJewish holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Rosh Hashanah through Sukkot is the second great domestic invasion of the year. Book months out or pick the weeks either side, when the same town is half the price. Source ↗

Still on: The unusable afternoon (1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — The Tishrei holidays, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Autumn migration (1 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)), The Tishrei holidays (20 Sep – 25 Oct (usually))

Busy — Israel's winter escape

• Season

  Israel's winter escape

  15 Nov – 15 Mar · usuallyWinter-sun seasonCrowded

  This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest. Weekends and the Hanukkah break are the busy parts. Source ↗

Still on: Autumn migration (1 Sep – 15 Nov (usually))

Busy — Israel's winter escape, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Israel's winter escape (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))