Season calendar
Medjool date season by country
Medjool date season by country
Israel's Medjool date window, month by month — a crop with a harvest but no real season, and a demand peak that moves eleven days a year.
Peak supply September–December from Israel. No origin on this page is at peak in January–August.
| Origin | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel September–December peak · January–March shoulder | January: Shoulder | February: Shoulder | March: Shoulder | April: Not shipping | May: Not shipping | June: Not shipping | July: Not shipping | August: Not shipping | September: Peak | October: Peak | November: Peak | December: Peak |
Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of the origin rather than arrival weeks in your market.
Dates are a stored crop sold against a moving target. The Medjool harvest in the Jordan Valley and the Arava runs through the late summer and early autumn, and from there the fruit is held chilled or frozen and released across the following year, so availability is close to constant. The window below is when volume actually ships, not when it exists.
The interesting variable is on the demand side and it is not on any other row in this section. A very large share of the world’s dates are eaten during Ramadan, and Ramadan moves about eleven days earlier each year against the Gregorian calendar. So the weeks when the trade wants the fruit walk steadily backwards through the year, and a programme planned off last year’s shipping dates is a fortnight late before anyone has booked anything. Check the date the fast starts, then work backwards from it.
Israel
September–December peak · January–March shoulder Varieties: Medjool Load ports: Ashdod and Haifa
Harvest through the late summer and early autumn in the Jordan Valley and the Arava, with the heaviest shipping from September into the new year. The fruit is held chilled or frozen after that, so what the band below shows is when volume moves rather than when it exists.
The demand side is what makes this window unlike anything else in this section. Ramadan accounts for a large share of world date consumption and it moves about eleven days earlier each year, so the weeks the trade wants the fruit walk backwards through the calendar. Planning off last season’s dates puts a programme a fortnight late before a booking is made.
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