Climate averages 1991–2020
Jerusalem weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Jerusalem: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bet Shemesh (22 km away). In December its highs average 18.5°C, 4.1°C warmer than Jerusalem, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Jerusalem ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 18.2°C; Jerusalem is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 77 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
Jerusalem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 10.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 67 | 9.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 46 | 7.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 18 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 37 | 6.2 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 54 | 8.0 | 10.110 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
- Bet Shemesh in DecemberIsrael · 22 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in DecemberIsrael · 24 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Hebron in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 29 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Lod in DecemberIsrael · 37 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Reẖovot in DecemberIsrael · 41 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Rosh Ha‘Ayin in DecemberIsrael · 44 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Rishon LeTsiyyon in DecemberIsrael · 46 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Petaẖ Tiqva in DecemberIsrael · 47 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 52 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 Jerusalem) is explained once on the Jerusalem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.