Climate averages 1991–2020
Nablus weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Nablus: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rosh Ha‘Ayin (32 km away). In December its highs average 19.4°C, 4.2°C warmer than Nablus, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in the Palestinian Territory, Nablus ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 17.4°C; Nablus is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 107 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
Nablus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 107 | 11.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 101 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 67 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 12 | 2.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.6 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 53 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 15.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 86 | 10.0 | 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
- Rosh Ha‘Ayin in DecemberIsrael · 32 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Kfar Saba in DecemberIsrael · 33 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Petaẖ Tiqva in DecemberIsrael · 38 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Netanya in DecemberIsrael · 39 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Herzliya in DecemberIsrael · 41 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Hadera in DecemberIsrael · 41 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut in DecemberIsrael · 43 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Lod in DecemberIsrael · 46 kmHigh 19.1°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 Nablus) is explained once on the Nablus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.