Judaean Mountains · Jerusalem · IsraelSummit weather, forecast and climate

Har HaHaganah

815 m

Elevation815 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation7.2 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul30°average high

31.81° N, 35.12° EElevation 815 mUTC+3 · Israel Daylight Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Har HaHaganah in brief

Har HaHaganah rises to 815 m in the Judaean Mountains, Jerusalem, Israel.

At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 30°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Kiryat Anavim, 0.4 km to the S at 669 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Har HaHaganah by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	14°	15°	18°	23°	26°	29°	30°	30°	29°	26°	21°	16°
Average low	7°	8°	10°	13°	16°	18°	20°	20°	19°	18°	13°	9°
Precipitation	189 mm	168 mm	104 mm	23 mm	9 mm	1 mm	1 mm	0 mm	2 mm	20 mm	83 mm	131 mm
Cloud cover	28%	27%	23%	20%	13%	3%	3%	4%	4%	11%	20%	27%
Daylight	10h 17	11h 03	11h 57	12h 57	13h 46	14h 13	14h 02	13h 20	12h 23	11h 26	10h 33	10h 05
Month score	43	50	71	94	92	84	78	77	82	89	77	55

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	2,400 m	2,550 m	2,950 m	3,500 m	4,100 m	4,450 m	4,700 m	4,700 m	4,550 m	4,200 m	3,450 m	2,750 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Mount Herzl	834 m	–	7.2 km SE	30°
Mount Scopus	826 m	–	12 km E	30°
Mount of Olives	826 m	–	12 km E	31°
Har Tayyasim	796 m	–	5.4 km SW	30°
Har Atzal	795 m	–	13 km SE	31°
Har Etan	788 m	–	5.1 km S	30°
Mount Heret	780 m	–	4.4 km SE	31°
Eitanim mountain	776 m	–	4.7 km SW	30°