Gat
in Southern District, Israel
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Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport (24 mi) - Ben Gurion International Airport (27 mi)
- Sde Dov Airport (34 mi)
- Bar Yehuda Airfield (41 mi)
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El Gora Airport (55 mi) - El Arish International Airport (68 mi)
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Queen Alia International Airport (71 mi) - Ein Yahav Airfield (74 mi)
- Ovda International Airport (117 mi)
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Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (157 mi) -
Damascus International Airport (159 mi)
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves (Unesco heritage, 6 mi)
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Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir (Unesco heritage, 21 mi) - Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement (Unesco heritage, 30 mi)
- Masada (Unesco heritage, 39 mi)
- Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Unesco heritage, 78 mi)
- Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Miẕpé Beqoa‘ (observation point, (17 mi)
- Miẕpé Har’el (observation point, (16 mi)
- Miẕpé Massu’a (observation point, (8 mi)
- Miẕpé Modi‘im (observation point, (24 mi)
- Miẕpé Yona (observation point, (16 mi)
- Miẕpé Eshta‘ol (observation point, (17 mi)
- Ma‘aganat Ashdod (marina, (15 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 31.627 and 34.794 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 31° 37' 38" and E 34° 47' 38"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Shekel - ILS
- Spoken languages:
- Hebrew, Arabic, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:13 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Jerusalem
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:05 am and 7:13 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,2 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Israel.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Israel. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45
Delve into Gat
Gat in Southern District is located in Israel about 27 mi (or 43 km) west of Jerusalem, the country's capital town.
Current time in Gat is now 08:13 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Jerusalem with an UTC offset of 3 hours. We know of 11 airports close to Gat, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Israel is Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 38 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Israel is Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves in a distance of 6 mi (or 10 km), East. We encountered 7 points of interest near this location.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ramla, Gaza, Beersheba, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 71 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 20°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 56% |
| Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 87% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
20°C (69 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
22°C (71 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Kiryat Gat Railway Station
Kiryat Gat Railway Station is a station on the Israel Railways lines between Tel Aviv (and points north) and Be'er Sheva, serving Kiryat Gat. It is located in the industrial zone in the east of Kiryat Gat. The station was first opened in July 1960, but was closed from 1979 to 1997. In December 2006 the station served a daily average of 1850 passengers.
Tel Zayit
Tel Zayit is an archaeological tell in the Shephelah, or lowlands, of Israel. It may have been the site of the biblical city of Libnah or Ziklag.
Nahala, Israel
Nahala is a moshav in south-central Israel, a few kilometers north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It belongs to the Yoav Regional Council. The community was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Yemen, but today contains a mixed population. This community, along with the neighboring Menuha, are named for the Menuha VeNahala organization that founded Rehovot.
Menuha
Menuha is a moshav in south-central Israel, a few km north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It belongs to the Lakhish Regional Council. It was founded in 1953 by immigrants to Israel from Kurdistan and Iraq. This community, along with the neighboring Nahla, are named after "Biblical passage "Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel ... " and for the Menuha VeNahala organization that founded Rehovot. Menuha means "rest" or "ease" in Hebrew.
Sgula
Sgula, also Segula, is a moshav north of Kiryat Gat in south-central Israel. It is a member of the Yoav Regional Council. Moshav Sgula was founded in 1953 by native Israelis. The name may be based on a verse in Exodus where the word segula is used in the sense of "special treasure" or jewel: "Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my special treasure (sgula)."
Vardon
Vardon is a communal village in south-central Israel north of Kiryat Gat and south of Kiryat Malakhi. It belongs to the Yoav Regional Council. It was founded in 1960 as a youth center and became a communal village in 1998. It is found at the central intersection between three large moshavim: Menuha, Nahala and Sgula. The name of the community is a loose translation for the family of Julius Rosenfeld who was a Jewish donor from the United States.
Uza, Israel
Uza is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located in Hevel Lakhish around two kilometres south of Kiryat Gat and covering 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 463. The village was established in 1950. Biblical "name taken from passage "Summon the might, O God, show the strength, O God, thou who hast wrought for us" ."
Jusayr
Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza. A 1596 census revealed a population of 330. By 1945 it had a population of 1180. Jusayr had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937, and by 1945 it had an enrollment of 74 students.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Gat.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Gat, Γκαθ, Gath, גת, Gát, Gate, Геф, Гат, Ґат, 迦特
