Nablus
City in Palestine: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
البلدة القديمة - نابلس: Hadi Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nablus is a city in Palestine, in West Bank. About 130,326 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Palestine in our atlas.
It lies at 32.22° N, 35.25° E, about 569 m (1,867 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Hebron time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nablus. Green dots: other major cities of Palestine. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nablus has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (45°F). Around 360 mm (14 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 282615 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q214178 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- البلدة القديمة - نابلس: Hadi Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)