Last Updated on December 8, 2021
What is Arnona? How much Arnona are you paying?
Hebrew: ארנונה
Arnona is your municipal or regional council property tax. It is usually paid bi-monthly. It is with these funds that your municipality or regional council provides services to its residents; refuse removal, sewerage, street lights, road maintenance and other general, public services.
The Arnona is charged annually and the rate is set from 1 January – 31 December.
Arnona is levied in different ways and there are different rates for residential, commercial, non-profit, religious sites, hotels etc.
- Hebrew English translation of your Arnona bill
- Do you qualify for a discount on Arnona?
- Housing: buying, renting and investing
Rates of residential Arnona vary drastically from city to city and town to town. Jerusalem, Ramat Gan and Haifa residents pay the highest rates of Arnona in the country. Arnona in Bnei Brak is more expensive than Arnona in Herzliya and Bat Yam.
For example; Haifa’im are paying anywhere between 40 NIS – 110 NIS per square meter for residential Arnona depending on the zone (of which there are 4), while in Bet Shean there is a flat rate which is 43 NIS per square meter. The average rate for Arnona in Tel Aviv is 50 NIS per square meter.
