Last Updated on November 21, 2021
Israel postage & tariffs
Did you know that according to the Communications Ministry the average Israeli household spends just 2 shekels per month for local postage? There are 700 post offices branches around the country.
Did you know that once a year all mail addressed to “God” is collected and placed between the stones in the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
As of 2019, the current postal rates in Israel are as follows:
Israel Domestic Mail
| Weight | Quantity | Price (NIS) |
| Up to 50 grams | Any Quantity | 2.50 |
| 50 – 200 grams | Any Quantity | 4.10 |
| 200 – 350 grams | Any Quantity | 9.60 |
| 350 – 500 grams | Any Quantity | 10.00 |
| 500 grams – 1 kg | Any Quantity | 13.90 |
| 1 – 2 kg | Any Quantity | 15.40 |
Domestic Mail – Registered letter without delivery confirmation |
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| Up to 50 grams | Any Quantity | 11.80 |
Domestic Mail – Registered letter with delivery confirmation |
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| Up to 50 grams | Any Quantity | 13.40 |
| 50 – 200 grams | Any Quantity | 13.40 |
| 200 – 500 grams | Any Quantity | 14.90 |
| 500 grams – 1 kg | Any Quantity | 17.70 |
| 1 – 2 kg | Any Quantity | 17.70 |
| Note these tariffs do not reflect the prices for 24 hour or express postage | ||
Domestic Mail – Parcels – Branch to Branch |
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| Weight | Qty | Price (NIS) |
| Up to 2 kg | 1 – 10 | 18.90 |
| 11 – 100 | 17.40 | |
| 101 – 1,000 | 15.40 | |
| 1,001 – 10,000 | 13.90 | |
| 2 – 5 kg | 1 – 10 | 22.20 |
| 11 – 100 | 21.30 | |
| 101 – 1,000 | 18.00 | |
| 1,001 – 10,000 | 15.50 | |
| Over 10,000 | 12.00 | |
| 5 – 10 kg | 1 – 10 | 28.30 |
| 11 – 100 | 22.50 | |
| 101 – 1,000 | 17.80 | |
| 1,001 – 10,000 | 15.40 | |
| 10 – 20 kg | 1 – 10 | 28.20 |
| 11 – 100 | 22.30 | |
| 101 – 1,000 | 17.80 | |
Domestic Mail – Parcel – Military Postal Rates |
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| Weight | Qty | Price (NIS) |
| Up to 20 kg | 1 – 10,000 | 11.80 |
Please consult the Israel Post website for a full list of tariffs for letters, postcards, parcels and leaflets, inside city tariffs, intercity tariffs, branch to branch tariffs, international mail and bulk mailing rates.
Israel Post Tracking
If you’ve been shopping online and expecting a delivery, you can track your parcel en-route to Israel or sent from Israel via the Israel Post website. This feature is provided with English instructions.
Post Offices Boxes
Post office boxes can be rented for an annual fee of just under 200 shekels. There is a cheaper rate for 2 and 3 year subscriptions. You may have to put your name on a waiting list until a post box becomes available.
Sending a Telegram
Did you know that in 2019 you can still send a telegram in Israel? You can do this via Israel Post website.
Learn Hebrew
How do you say – “I want to buy stamps” – in Hebrew?, Click here to find out
Post office transactions and bill payment
- At Israel’s post offices you can pay your household utility bills or learn to pay them online with these English instructional videos
- A variety of payments to government offices
- Vehicle ownership transfer
- And of course, you can also do foreign currency transactions
These rate are historic.
Domestic , for example, now 3.30
Money can be saved by stocking up on the NVI stamps which are inflation proof just like US Forever stamps and British First Class stamps