Climate averages 1991–2020
Beersheba weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Beersheba: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaza (41 km away). In December its highs average 18.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Beersheba, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Beersheba ranks joint 15th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 18.2°C; Beersheba is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Beersheba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 31 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 6.1 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 4.0 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 5.0 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 8.8 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Gaza in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 41 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Hebron in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 42 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Khān Yūnis in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 47 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Ashkelon in DecemberIsrael · 51 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 52 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Bet Shemesh in DecemberIsrael · 57 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ashdod in DecemberIsrael · 62 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Jerusalem in DecemberIsrael · 70 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 54 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Beersheba) is explained once on the Beersheba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.