Skip to content
Destinations
Weather & climate
Nature
Outdoors
Culture
Events
Sky & live
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Meron
Photo: Lior Golgher • ליאור גולגר · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MeronReport this photo · linked, not stored
Meron
Har HaAri
Photo: אלי הרוש · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Har HaAriReport this photo · linked, not stored
Har HaAri
Har Addir
Photo: Ranbar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Har AddirReport this photo · linked, not stored
Har Addir
Mount Canaan
Photo: Deror avi · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
Mount CanaanReport this photo · linked, not stored
Mount Canaan
Upper Galilee · Northern District · IsraelSummit weather, forecast and climate

Har Sifsof

815 m
Elevation815 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation1.9 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul30°average high
33.01° N, 35.43° EElevation 815 mUTC+2 · Israel Standard Time
From the valley to the top
  • Summit815 m
  • Mid-mountain410 m
  • Valley0 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Har Sifsof in brief

Har Sifsof rises to 815 m in the Upper Galilee, Northern District, Israel.

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

The nearest town is Or HaGanuz, 2.0 km to the E at 728 m.

Facts

Elevation
815 m · 2,674 ft
Range
Upper Galilee
Region
Northern District
Country
Israel
Coordinates
33.0100, 35.4256
Nearest airport
Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA) · 42 km
iiForecast

Weather at three heights

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

Loading the latest forecast…

iiiSummit climate

The top of Har Sifsof by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted
0°5°10°15°20°25°30°35°11°6°Jan12°7°Feb16°8°Mar20°12°Apr25°15°May28°18°Jun30°20°Jul30°20°Aug28°19°Sep25°17°Oct18°12°Nov13°8°DecPrecipitation
Climate normals for Har Sifsof by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high11°12°16°20°25°28°30°30°28°25°18°13°
Average low6°7°8°12°15°18°20°20°19°17°12°8°
Precipitation207 mm162 mm97 mm34 mm8 mm2 mm2 mm1 mm4 mm31 mm108 mm161 mm
Cloud cover36%35%30%25%16%7%8%10%10%16%25%34%
Daylight10h 1211h 0111h 5612h 5913h 5114h 1914h 0813h 2412h 2411h 2410h 299h 59
Month score273461919886798086917039

Snow and freezing level

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
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Freezing level2,100 m2,250 m2,650 m3,250 m3,900 m4,400 m4,700 m4,650 m4,400 m4,000 m3,150 m2,400 m
Summitabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °Cabove 0 °C
ivTerrain

Har Sifsof in 3D

vNeighbours

Peaks nearby

Mountains of Israel
MountainElevationProminenceDistanceJuly summit high
Meron1,208 m–1.9 km SW29°
Har Hillel1,071 m–5.6 km S30°
Har HaAri1,048 m–7.8 km SW30°
Har Addir1,008 m–5.6 km NW29°
Har Zeved1,006 m–3.9 km SW30°
Har Kefir982 m–6.9 km S31°
Mount Canaan936 m–8.3 km SE30°
Har Avivim888 m–11 km NE29°
viBase towns

Where to stay nearby

Or HaGanuz
Photo: קרלוס הגדול · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

Or HaGanuz

Northern District · 2.0 km E
25°Oct high
4wet days
89score
Or HaGanuz
Jish
Photo: אריאל פלמון Ariel Palmon · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

Jish

Northern District · 2.4 km NE
25°Oct high
4wet days
91score
Jish
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016

Bar Yoẖay

Northern District · 2.5 km SE
26°Oct high
3wet days
91score
Bar Yoẖay
Meron
Photo: Jonathan Stein · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

Meron

Northern District · 3.0 km SE
26°Oct high
3wet days
91score
Meron
Around here

Or HaGanuz and around

Or HaGanuz
Photo: קרלוס הגדול · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored

Or HaGanuz

Northern District · Israel
Apr–May · Octbest months
30°July high
728 maltitude
Or HaGanuz

Nature

Bar'am National Park
Photo: Yair Aronshtam from Israel · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
5.2 km NW

Bar'am National Park

National park
Bar'am National Park
Pa'ar Cave
Photo: Ranbar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
6.4 km NW

Pa'ar Cave

Cave
Pa'ar Cave
Naẖal Neriyya
Photo: michal freiman Pikiwiki Israel · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
9.3 km W

Naẖal Neriyya

River
Naẖal Neriyya

Mountains

Hermonit Mountain
Photo: Avi1111 dr. avishai teicher · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
38 km NE

Hermonit Mountain

1,211 m · Israeli Volcanic Ridge
Hermonit Mountain
Meron
Photo: Lior Golgher • ליאור גולגר · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
3.3 km W

Meron

1,208 m
Meron
mount Avital
Photo: Scarlight · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
34 km E

mount Avital

1,204 m · Israeli Volcanic Ridge
mount Avital

Heritage

Birya Fortress
Photo: Giladtop · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
6.0 km E

Birya Fortress

heritage site in Israel · 1945
Birya Fortress
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
3.2 km W

Meron

nature reserve in Israel
Meron
Khirbet, Yarda
Photo: Hanay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
11 km E

Khirbet, Yarda

heritage site in Israel · 1299 BC
Khirbet, Yarda

Museums

Frenkel Frenel Museum
Photo: Benno Rothenberg /Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
6.2 km SE

Frenkel Frenel Museum

1973
Frenkel Frenel Museum
Beit Castel
Photo: Homerethegreat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
6.2 km SE

Beit Castel

Art museum
Beit Castel
Beit Hameiri
Photo: Avi1111 dr. avishai teicher · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsReport this photo · linked, not stored
5.8 km SE

Beit Hameiri

Historic house museum · 1980
Beit Hameiri