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Jerusalem in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Jerusalem is mild: highs near 63°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 6 minutes.December in Jerusalem is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 6 minutes.

High
63°F17°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
10h 06mon average

Is December a good time to visit Jerusalem?

December sits outside Jerusalem's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October to November. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 63°F in December, against 58°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in December, against 0% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

29% cover in December, against 1% to 29% through the year.

Daylight

10h 06m in December, against 10h 06m to 14h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November72°22°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December63°17°low 45°low 7°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January58°14°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Jerusalem sits, in December

Asia/Jerusalem
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:31 AMsets 4:37 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
31.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Tel Aviv54 km north-west

The land around Jerusalem, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Israel in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Jerusalem

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jerusalem. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (780 m) against the climate model's (686 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.