This part of Israel is dry and hot. The annual rainfall in Galilee is about 800 millimeters per year (31.5 inches). The annual rainfall is about 500 millimeters per year (20 inches) in Jerusalem, which is approximately equal to the driest places in Central Otago in New Zealand or Idaho in the United States. While there are variations in temperature, the region generally experiences mild winters and hot summers—as low as 7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) in Jerusalem in the winter, and up
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