Climate averages 1991–2020
Nazareth weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Nazareth: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Haifa (31 km away). In December its highs average 17.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Nazareth, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Israel, Nazareth ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 18.2°C; Nazareth is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 113 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
Nazareth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 113 | 12.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 98 | 10.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 62 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 29 | 4.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 11 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.7 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 55 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 16.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 91 | 9.6 | 10.010 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
- Haifa in DecemberIsrael · 31 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Hadera in DecemberIsrael · 47 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Nablus in DecemberPalestinian Territory · 53 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Irbid in DecemberJordan · 54 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Netanya in DecemberIsrael · 58 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Tyre in DecemberLebanon · 64 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Ar Ramthā in DecemberJordan · 68 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in DecemberIsrael · 69 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 58 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 Nazareth) is explained once on the Nazareth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.