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Mount HeretMount of Olives ridge · Jerusalem · IsraelSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Scopus
826 m
Elevation826 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation1.6 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul30°average high
31.79° N, 35.24° EElevation 826 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit826 m
- Mid-mountain410 m
- Valley0 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Scopus in brief
Mount Scopus rises to 826 m in the Mount of Olives ridge, Jerusalem, Israel.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 31°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Nayot, 0.4 km to the N at 763 m.
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Scopus by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 13° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 15° |
| Average low | 7° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 165 mm | 150 mm | 93 mm | 21 mm | 8 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 18 mm | 72 mm | 115 mm |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 27% | 24% | 20% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 12% | 20% | 28% |
| Daylight | 10h 18 | 11h 04 | 11h 57 | 12h 57 | 13h 46 | 14h 13 | 14h 02 | 13h 20 | 12h 23 | 11h 26 | 10h 33 | 10h 05 |
| Month score | 40 | 47 | 72 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 82 | 90 | 80 | 53 |
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 2,350 m | 2,450 m | 2,900 m | 3,500 m | 4,100 m | 4,450 m | 4,700 m | 4,750 m | 4,550 m | 4,150 m | 3,350 m | 2,650 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
Mount Scopus in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of IsraelPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Herzl | 834 m | – | 6.3 km W | 30° |
| Mount of Olives | 826 m | – | 1.6 km S | 31° |
| Har HaHaganah | 815 m | – | 12 km W | 30° |
| Har Tayyasim | 796 m | – | 15 km W | 30° |
| Har Atzal | 795 m | – | 4.3 km S | 31° |
| Har Etan | 788 m | – | 13 km W | 30° |
| Mount Heret | 780 m | – | 10 km W | 31° |
| Eitanim mountain | 776 m | – | 14 km W | 30° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nayot
West Bank · 0.4 km N
26°Oct high
2wet days
90score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Wadi al-Joz
West Bank · 0.8 km W
26°Oct high
2wet days
89score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Az Za‘ayyim
West Bank · 2.0 km E
27°Oct high
2wet days
86score
Around here
Jerusalem and around
Nature
Mountains
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Mount Herzl
834 m · Jerusalem mountains
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Mount of Olives
826 m · Mount of Olives ridge
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Har HaHaganah
815 m · Judaean Mountains
Heritage
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · 335
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Walls of Jerusalem
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site · 18 BC
Church of Our Lady of the Spasm, Jerusalem
heritage site in Israel · 1881
Museums
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Israel Museum
Art museum · 1965
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Yad Vashem
History museum · 1953
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