Israel in April of the fall?

April would be getting too hot for me in Israel. I prefer February or January.

My sister took a tour of Israel and was told by her guide that the best month to be in Israel is Feb.

It is not so bad in April, just avoid going during Easter.

Yeah, the holidays definitely impact tourism in Israel. OTOH, we haven't had any tourists for a couple of years now (something happened :-( so I don't know how many crowds there will be in 2022.

April 10 - Catholic Palm Sunday
April 15-22 Passover
April 17 Catholic Easter Sunday and also be the Orthodox Palm Sunday
April 24 - Orthodox Easter Sunday
Most of the Christian communities in Israel celebrate according to the Orthodox calendar
Best advice: leave before April 10 or come after April 25. Independence Day is May 4-5 and is big here, but doesn't much affect tourist sights.

The fall holidays begin on September 25 and end (finally) on October 16. Early September is still very summer weather - hot and in some places miserably humid as well. This year summer didn't really end until late October. I'm still wearing summer clothes and sandals, and closing the windows during the day to keep the heat out - though the weatherman is predicting that it will cool a bit in a couple of days and there may even be a couple of rain showers. So far it's only rained once or twice for less than 1/2 an hour each time. . . . since April.

I love touring the country in February, when spring begins, almond trees bloom and wild flowers abound (if there's enough rain in the winter). Temps are mild and there's usually more sun than clouds. March is even better because the rain showers are more infrequent and the days are longer. It's usually not quite warm enough for sandals, but you rarely need a jacket during the day, except in Jerusalem (colder generally because of the altitude). November's also good though days are shorter and there's not much greenery yet (waiting - and praying - for those winter rains).

I'm not a fan of cold weather, so I'd go to Krakow, Prague (don't forget wonderful Budapest!) in May or September.

The Jewish holidays definitely should be considered too. Depending on where you are, they can certainly impact your trip, and it depends on your attitude if you consider that a positive or a negative impact. If you have set your mind on visiting some site or going shopping and find out it's Jom Kippur (Oct. 5 in 2022, plus a number of other holidays around that), you're out of luck. However, if you are open to that kind of an experience (and why would you travel to Israel if you're not), that can be just amazing. We were in Jerusalem once on Jom Kippur, and that was truly an unforgettable day.

Not sure that we can travel to Israel with the new ban.

Thank you all for the valuable information. We have decided to take a "spontaneous" tour to Israel when the time is right. I'm usually not one to hop on a tour bus, but with the instability of travel, I am weary of planning and then canceling. I'm supposed to be in Israel right now!

IMO the travel ban is only until we figure out how bad (or 🤞how not bad) the new variant is. We need the foreign tourism business and (tens of ) thousands of Israelis are hungering to go abroad and need those flights too.