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Mount Hermon · Quneitra · SyriaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Si'on
2,381 mSnow likely Jan–Mar · Dec
Elevation2,381 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation10 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul22°average high
33.34° N, 35.80° EElevation 2,381 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit2,381 m
- Mid-mountain1,810 m
- Valley · Shebaa1,230 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Si'on in brief
Mount Si'on rises to 2,381 m in the Mount Hermon, Quneitra, Syria.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 23°, while nights fall below freezing in 6 months of the year.
The nearest town in the atlas is Shebaa, 4.5 km to the W at 1,230 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 Si'on 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 | 2° | 2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low | -8° | -8° | -6° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 8° | 9° | 7° | 3° | -2° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 230 mm | 188 mm | 125 mm | 47 mm | 16 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 4 mm | 41 mm | 122 mm | 176 mm |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 33% | 28% | 24% | 14% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 13% | 25% | 33% |
| Daylight | 10h 11 | 11h 00 | 11h 56 | 13h 00 | 13h 52 | 14h 21 | 14h 09 | 13h 25 | 12h 24 | 11h 23 | 10h 27 | 9h 58 |
| Month score | 23 | 24 | 25 | 47 | 81 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 74 | 25 | 24 |
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 | 1,900 m | 1,900 m | 2,350 m | 3,000 m | 3,700 m | 4,300 m | 4,700 m | 4,800 m | 4,450 m | 3,750 m | 2,850 m | 2,200 m |
| Summit | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | ❄ snow |
ivTerrain
Mount Si'on in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of SyriaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hermon Summit | 2,814 m | – | 10 km NE | 19° |
| Mount Duvdevan | 2,236 m | – | 2.6 km S | 23° |
| Mitzpe Shelegim | 2,224 m | – | 3.1 km S | 24° |
| Mount Shaked | 2,012 m | – | 2.6 km SW | 24° |
| mount Havusheet | 1,955 m | – | 4.5 km SW | 25° |
| Mount Shezif | 1,541 m | – | 7.7 km SW | 27° |
| Aach ed Djâjé | 1,304 m | – | 24 km N | 27° |
| Hermonit Mountain | 1,211 m | – | 17 km S | 29° |
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
Kfar Shouba
Nabatieh · 9.9 km W
22°Oct high
3wet days
92score
Around here
Majdal Shams and around
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Hermon Summit
2,814 m · Mount Hermon
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Duvdevan
2,236 m · Mount Hermon
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Mitzpe Shelegim
2,224 m · Mount Hermon
