Climate averages 1991–2020
Hebron weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Hebron: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bet Shemesh (24 km away). In December its highs average 18.5°C, 3.9°C warmer than Hebron, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Hebron ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 17.4°C; Hebron is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 45 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
Hebron climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 45 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 4.5 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 28 | 5.5 | 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 · 24 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Jerusalem in DecemberIsrael · 29 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in DecemberIsrael · 41 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Beersheba in DecemberIsrael · 42 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Reẖovot in DecemberIsrael · 49 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Lod in DecemberIsrael · 50 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Ashdod in DecemberIsrael · 51 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ashkelon in DecemberIsrael · 52 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 102 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 Hebron) is explained once on the Hebron year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.