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Ramallah, Palestinian Territory
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Ramallah is a mid-size city in West Bank, Palestinian Territory with a population of 43,880. Elevation: 2,884 ft (879 m). Average temperature: 70°F (21°C).
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About Ramallah
Ramallah is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine. It serves as the administrative capital of Palestine, as well as capital of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The city is situated on the Judaean Mountains, 10 km north of Jerusalem, at an average elevation of 872 meters (2,861 ft) above sea level, adjacent to al-Bireh.
People
Climate
| Population | 43,880 |
| Population Density | 6,976 / sq mi |
| Elevation | 2,884 ft (879 m) |
| Coordinates | 31.8996°, 35.2042° |
| Timezone | Asia/Hebron |
| Country | 🇵🇸 Palestinian Territory |
| State / Province | West Bank |
| Average Temperature | 70°F (21°C) |
| January Average | 58°F (14°C) |
| July Average | 83°F (28°C) |
| Annual Precipitation | 23.6 inches (598 mm) |
| Annual Snowfall | 0.0 inches (0 cm) |
About Ramallah
Ramallah is a mid-size city in Palestinian Territory (West Bank) with a population of 43,880. The city sits at an elevation of 2,884 feet (879 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 70°F (21°C). Temperatures range from 58°F in January to 83°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 23.6 inches. The timezone is Asia/Hebron.
Climate in Ramallah
Ramallah has an average annual temperature of 21.4°C (71°F). The hottest month is Aug (28.4°C), the coldest is Jan (13.8°C). Average annual precipitation is 537 mm.
Temperature
| Annual Average | 70.2°F |
| 30% above Palestinian Territory avg | |
| January Average | 58°F (14°C) |
| July Average | 83°F (28°C) |
| Sunny Days | 344 days/yr |
Geography
| Elevation | 2,884 ft (879 m) |
| Area | 6.3 sq mi (16.3 km²) |
| Population Density | 6,976/sq mi |
| Coordinates | 31.8996°N, 35.2042°W |
| Timezone | Asia/Hebron |
Precipitation & Snow
Air Quality
Tsunami History
6 tsunamis recorded within 500 km. Highest wave on record: 8.0 m (26 ft).
| Year | Location | Cause | Max Wave | Deaths | Distance |
| 1759 | AKKO | Earthquake | 8.0 m | 2,000 | 126 km |
| 2004 | DEAD SEA | Earthquake | 1.0 m | — | 41 km |
| 1837 | ISRAEL and SYRIAN COASTS | Earthquake | — | 6,000 | 126 km |
| 1546 | GAZA - JAFFA | Earthquake | — | — | 30 km |
| 1033 | AKKO | Earthquake | — | 70,000 | 124 km |
| 746 | SYRIAN and EGYPTIAN COASTS | Earthquake | — | — | 30 km |
Monthly Weather
| Month | Avg Temperature | Precipitation | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 4.5 in | Wettest |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 3.7 in | Coldest |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 2.9 in | |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 0.9 in | |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 0.2 in | |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 0.0 in | Driest |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 0.0 in | Warmest |
| August | 74°F (24°C) | 0.0 in | |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 0.0 in | |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 0.5 in | |
| November | 58°F (15°C) | 2.2 in | |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 3.5 in |
Ramallah has a seasonal temperature swing of 34°F / from 48°F in February to 83°F in July. Total annual precipitation is 18.2 inches, with January being the wettest month (4.5") and June the driest (0.0").
Schools in Ramallah
39 public schools (NCES 2022-23 data).
| School | Level | Enrollment | Teachers | Student/Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| مدرسة الخطيب الاساسية | — | — | — | — |
| Nasser School | — | — | — | — |
| Turkish School | — | — | — | — |
| Tala'a Alghad School | — | — | — | — |
| Dar el oloum _petit pas | — | — | — | — |
| Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope | — | — | — | — |
| English Schools | — | — | — | — |
| مدرسه الجدول | — | — | — | — |
| Pal International Academy | — | — | — | — |
| مدرسة ذكور عين منجد | — | — | — | — |
| Language Dev. Center | — | — | — | — |
| المدرسة الشرعية | — | — | — | — |
| Friends Upper Class School | — | — | — | — |
| ABJAD SCHOOL | — | — | — | — |
| Al-Ahliyya College | — | — | — | — |
| Friends Girls School | — | — | — | — |
| Friends Girls School | — | — | — | — |
| Turkish Girls School | — | — | — | — |
| Albireh High School For Girls | — | — | — | — |
| Albireh Elementary School For Girls | — | — | — | — |
| Ramalla School | — | — | — | — |
| Mrs Besharah School | — | — | — | — |
| Friends Boys School | — | — | — | — |
| The Arab Evangelical Episcopal School. | — | — | — | — |
| Science House | — | — | — | — |
| Aen Mesbah School For Boys | — | — | — | — |
| Mar Yousef School | — | — | — | — |
| Ramallah High school | — | — | — | — |
| Hawari School | — | — | — | — |
| Bnat Aziz Shaheen School | — | — | — | — |
| Al-Amari School For Boys | — | — | — | — |
| Need Special School | — | — | — | — |
| Albireh High School For Girls | — | — | — | — |
| Al Husaini School | — | — | — | — |
| Albireh Elementary School For Girls | — | — | — | — |
| Al-Amari School For Girls | — | — | — | — |
| Sisters of Josef School | — | — | — | — |
| Educational Training | — | — | — | — |
| Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope | — | — | — | — |
Radio Stations near Ramallah
25 stations within ~55 km.
| Station | Genre | Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galgalatz (IL) | — | MP3 128 kbps | |
| KAN Gimel כאן גימל (IL) | — | MP3 192 kbps | |
| ECO99FM (IL) | pop, top 40 | AAC+ | |
| #joint radio Blues Rock (IL) | 60s, 70s | MP3 320 kbps | |
| #joint radio Beat Trance (IL) | ambient, edm | MP3 320 kbps | |
| #joint radio Reggae (IL) | dub, dub reggae | MP3 320 kbps | |
| קול פליי | kol-play (IL) | — | AAC+ 64 kbps | |
| Kcm FM Channel 01 Live (IL) | hasidic, hebrew | AAC 128 kbps | |
| Radios 100FM רדיוס (IL) | — | MP3 128 kbps | |
| 100fm - 100% Movies (IL) | movie music, music | AAC+ 128 kbps | |
| Tel Aviv 102FM רדיו תל אביב (IL) | contenmporary, music | AAC+ | |
| Kan Reshet Bet (IL) | — | MP3 128 kbps | |
| ברסלב פוריו: תורה וזימרה (IL) | jewish, music | MP3 128 kbps | |
| ברסלב פוריו: הלכות ודף יומי (IL) | jewish, music | AAC 128 kbps | |
| ברסלב פוריו: דעת רבנו (IL) | jewish, music | AAC 128 kbps | |
| Radio Breslev Carmiel (IL) | — | MP3 96 kbps | |
| ברסלב פוריו: קצר וקולע (IL) | jewish, music | AAC 128 kbps | |
| 88FM (IL) | — | UNKNOWN | |
| ברסלב פוריו: ספרי ברסלב (IL) | books, jewish | MP3 128 kbps | |
| Rak Musica (IL) | — | AAC+ 64 kbps | |
| GUITAR - J. WILLIAMS (IL) | — | MP3 | |
| Radio Plus (XK) | — | MP3 128 kbps | |
| kzradio (IL) | — | MP3 128 kbps | |
| toker fm (IL) | religious | MP3 128 kbps | |
| toker fm (US) | religious | MP3 128 kbps |
Museums in Ramallah
| Name | Type | Address | Phone | Annual Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnon House | ||||
| Al-Bad Museum for Olive Oil Production | ||||
| Archäologischer Park „Durch die Zeiten“ | ||||
| Artas Folklore Center | ||||
| Artist's House | ||||
| Asirei HaMahtarot | ||||
| Baituna Al Talhami Museum | ||||
| Barbur Gallery | ||||
| Beit Sahour Community Center | ||||
| Bethlehem Historical Museum | ||||
| Bible Lands Museum | ||||
| Biblical Museum of Natural History | ||||
| Bloomfield Science Museum | ||||
| Burnt House | ||||
| Dar Zahran Heritage Building | ||||
| Davidson Center | ||||
| Ein Yael | ||||
| Friends of Zion Museum | ||||
| Frumin House | ||||
| Gush Katif Museum | ||||
| Ha'Rav Kook Museum | ||||
| Hebrew Music Museum | ||||
| International Nativity Museum | ||||
| Israel Museum | ||||
| Knesset Museum | ||||
| Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park) | ||||
| Mardigian Armenian Museum | ||||
| Memorial of Father Joseph Germer-Durand (1845-1917) | ||||
| Menachem Begin Heritage Center | ||||
| Mount Herzl | ||||
| Museum for Islamic Art | ||||
| Museum of Holocaust Art | ||||
| Museum of Islamic Art | ||||
| Museum of Italian Jewish Art | ||||
| Museum of Tolerance | ||||
| Museum on the Seam | ||||
| Nature Museum | ||||
| Noora Heritage House | ||||
| Palestine Museum of Natural History | ||||
| Palestine Museum of Natural History | ||||
| Palestinian Heritage Museum of Dar al-Tifel | ||||
| People's Museum | ||||
| Pontifical Biblical Institute | ||||
| Ramallah Museum | ||||
| Rockefeller Museum | ||||
| Sakakini Cultural Center | ||||
| Saxum Visitor Center | ||||
| Shrine of the Book | ||||
| Terra Sancta Museum | ||||
| The Holocaust History Museum | ||||
| The Olive press museum | ||||
| The Palestinian Museum | ||||
| Ticho House | ||||
| Yad La'Shiryon | ||||
| Yad Va'Shem | ||||
| Yasser Arafat Museum | ||||
| Zedekiah's cave | ||||
| בית האומנים | ||||
| הרובע ההרודיאני | ||||
| מוזיאון מורשת החשמונאים | ||||
| معهد الآثار |
Libraries in Ramallah
| Name | Address | Staff | Annual Visits | Circulation | Collection | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Shakra Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Al Bishara Office | 0.0 | |||||
| Al Nimer Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Al-Najah Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Al-Najah Library | 0.0 | |||||
| al-Ubeidiya Library | 0.0 | |||||
| al-Ubeidiya Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Alquds Almaftohah Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Amanouiel Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Amanouiel Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Arnold Brener Urban Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Arnold Brener Urban Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Beddu library | 0.0 | |||||
| Beddu library | 0.0 | |||||
| Bedia Municipal Children's Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Beit Hakeshet | 0.0 | |||||
| Beit Hakeshet | 0.0 | |||||
| Bethlehem University Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Dar Al-Shorooq library | 0.0 | |||||
| Galoust Gulbenkian Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Harman Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Hussary Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Ironit | 0.0 | |||||
| Ironit | 0.0 | |||||
| Israel Antiquitiea Authority Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Israel Antiquitiea Authority Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Jerusalem Central Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Jerusalem Central Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Kufur Ne'mah Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Matnas Baka | 0.0 | |||||
| Matnas Baka | 0.0 | |||||
| Matnas Ramat Bet Shemesh | 0.0 | |||||
| Medo library | 0.0 | |||||
| Meirhoff Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Meirhoff Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Meirhoff Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Meirhoff Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Nirit library | 0.0 | |||||
| Prof. Morad Asi Public library | 0.0 | |||||
| Ramallah Public Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Shoken Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Shoken Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Shoken Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Shoken Library | 0.0 | |||||
| suhar bookshop | 0.0 | |||||
| suhar bookshop | 0.0 | |||||
| The Cultural Center for Palestinian Children | 0.0 | |||||
| The Cultural Center for Palestinian Children | 0.0 | |||||
| The National Library | 0.0 | |||||
| Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim Library | 0.0 | |||||
| הספרייה לארכאולוגיה | 0.0 | |||||
| הספרייה לארכאולוגיה | 0.0 | |||||
| ספרייה עירונית | 0.0 | |||||
| ספריית בלומפילד | 0.0 | |||||
| ספריית הפקולטה למשפטים | 0.0 | |||||
| ספריית כרמים | 0.0 | |||||
| ספריית פסגת זאב | 0.0 | |||||
| تكسي الرام | 0.0 | |||||
| تكسي الرام | 0.0 | |||||
| مطبعة بديا | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة الحسام | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة العاصف | 0.0 | |||||
| مكتبة منيب المصري | 0.0 |
Farmers Markets in Ramallah
| Name | Address | Season | Hours | Organic | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abu khalid market | |||||
| Bethlehem Marketplace | |||||
| call it spring كول ات سبرينج | |||||
| Hisbat Ramallah | |||||
| Machane Yehuda Market | |||||
| Muristan | |||||
| Old City Market | |||||
| Old City Market | |||||
| Old City Market | |||||
| Old Market (Al Souq) | |||||
| Olive Palace | |||||
| Olive Palace | |||||
| Olive Palace | |||||
| PalGPS Company | |||||
| PalGPS Company | |||||
| PalGPS Company | |||||
| השוק הערבי | |||||
| שוק האיכרים - רעות |
Hotels in Ramallah
18 hotels within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Restaurants in Ramallah
125 restaurants within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Cafes in Ramallah
51 cafes within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Theatres in Ramallah
1 theatres within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Monuments in Ramallah
4 monuments within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Theme Parks in Ramallah
1 theme parks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Clinics in Ramallah
4 clinics within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Dentists in Ramallah
4 dentists within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Veterinaries in Ramallah
1 veterinaries within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Bus Stations in Ramallah
7 bus stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Gas Stations in Ramallah
3 gas stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Banks in Ramallah
34 banks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Gyms in Ramallah
2 gyms within city radius — OpenStreetMap data
Breweries in Ramallah
| Name | Type | Address | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מבשלת שפירא |
Stadiums & Teams in Ramallah
| Team | League | Division |
|---|---|---|
Airports Near Ramallah
23 airports within the area.
| Airport | IATA | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Gurion International Airport | TLV | Large Airport |
| Bar Yehuda Airfield | MTZ | Medium Airport |
| Nevatim Air Base | VTM | Medium Airport |
| Tel Nof Air Base | — | Medium Airport |
| Arad Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Beersheba (Teyman) Airport | BEV | Small Airport |
| Ein Shemer Airfield | — | Small Airport |
| Ein Vered Airfield | — | Small Airport |
| Gvulot Airstrip | — | Small Airport |
| Hatzerim Air Base | — | Small Airport |
| Hatzerim Northwest Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Hatzor Air Base | — | Small Airport |
| Herzliya Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Kedma Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Megiddo Airport | — | Small Airport |
| Mishmar Ayalon Highway Strip H | — | Small Airport |
| Naan Airstrip | — | Small Airport |
| Negba-Gold Agricultural Airfield | — | Small Airport |
| Palmahim Air Base | — | Small Airport |
| Palmahim South Airstrip | — | Small Airport |
| Rishon Lezion Airfield | — | Small Airport |
| Tnuvot Ultralight Airfield | — | Small Airport |
Post Offices in Ramallah
2 post offices.
| Post Office | Address |
|---|---|
| Kharraz Building ja | |
| Ramallah Post Office |
Treatment Centers in Ramallah
1 treatment centers.
| Center | Type | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Kupat Holim Meuhedet |
Churches & Religious Organizations in Ramallah
23 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).
| Name | Address |
|---|---|
| abo halema car paint work shop | |
| Al Yarmok Mosque | |
| Al-Omari Mosque | |
| Al-Rahman Mosque | |
| Baptist Church | |
| Church of the Transfiguration | |
| Coptic Church | |
| Een Mesbah Mosque | |
| Episcopal Church | |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser Mosque | |
| Greek Orthodox Church | |
| GVC | |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | |
| JW.org | |
| Khalad Ben Al Walead Mosque | |
| Omar Ben Alkatab Mosque | |
| Our Lady of the Annunciation | |
| Ramallah Friends Meeting House | |
| Ramallah Local Church | |
| Ramallah, Ev. Luth. Church of Hope |
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What is the population of Ramallah?
Ramallah has a population of 43,880 residents and is located in Palestinian Territory. The population density is 6,976 people per square mile, spread across 6.3 square miles.
What is the weather like in Ramallah?
Ramallah enjoys a temperate climate with an average annual temperature of 70°F (21°C). Winter temperatures average 58°F in January, while summers reach an average of 83°F in July. The area receives 344 sunny days per year, well above the national average of 205. Annual rainfall totals 23.6 inches.