Israeli Volcanic Ridge · Quneitra · SyriaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Bental

Volcano1,171 mSyria / Israel border

Elevation1,171 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation1.5 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul29°average high

33.13° N, 35.79° EElevation 1,171 mUTC+3

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Bental in brief

Mount Bental rises to 1,171 m in the Israeli Volcanic Ridge, Quneitra, Syria.

At the summit, July is the mildest month with average highs of 29°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The summit lies on the border between Syria and Israel, so it appears in the mountain lists of both countries.

The nearest town in the atlas is Quneitra, 3.6 km to the E at 942 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 Mount Bental by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	9°	10°	14°	19°	24°	27°	29°	29°	27°	24°	17°	11°
Average low	3°	3°	5°	9°	12°	14°	16°	16°	15°	13°	9°	5°
Precipitation	213 mm	177 mm	111 mm	40 mm	12 mm	3 mm	1 mm	1 mm	3 mm	33 mm	108 mm	166 mm
Cloud cover	41%	41%	35%	28%	17%	7%	7%	9%	10%	18%	28%	38%
Daylight	10h 12	11h 00	11h 56	12h 59	13h 51	14h 20	14h 08	13h 24	12h 24	11h 24	10h 28	9h 59
Month score	20	21	46	89	97	90	83	83	90	91	62	28

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	2,050 m	2,200 m	2,650 m	3,250 m	3,900 m	4,350 m	4,650 m	4,650 m	4,400 m	4,000 m	3,150 m	2,400 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 Si'on	2,381 m	–	24 km N	22°
Mount Duvdevan	2,236 m	–	21 km N	23°
Mitzpe Shelegim	2,224 m	–	21 km N	24°
Mount Shaked	2,012 m	–	21 km N	24°
mount Havusheet	1,955 m	–	20 km N	25°
Mount Shezif	1,541 m	–	18 km N	27°
Hermonit Mountain	1,211 m	–	6.4 km N	29°
mount Avital	1,204 m	–	1.5 km S	29°