Rishon LeZion
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📷 Amos Meron· CC BY-SA 3.0ראשון לציון | First to Zion (Isaiah 41:27)
About
Rishon LeZion is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain eight kilometres (5 mi) south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area. With a population of 259,275 as of 2024, Rishon LeZion is the fifth-largest city in Israel.
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The next week in Rishon LeZion
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
24° / 19°
UV High
Sat
Showers
24° / 18°
0.7 mm
UV High
Sun
Overcast
34° / 16°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
28° / 20°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
29° / 17°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
27° / 17°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
40° / 11°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.8h
05:43 – 19:29local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Rishon LeZion
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) at 11 km.
Getting around Rishon LeZion
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, Meronim.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.