MarathonTrail🇮🇱 Dimona, Israel

Dimona Desert Marathon (DMR Challenge)

Friday, 19 February 2027Estimated dateIn 4 months

A desert trail marathon over the ridges and lookouts of the hills around Dimona in the Negev, added to the DMR Challenge for the first time in 2026.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against ias.co.il, runpanel.co.il.

Elevation gain

900 m

Very hilly · ↓ 900 m

Start altitude

548 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

8°C

Peaks around 15°C

Entry fee

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Finishers

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typical year

Course

Loop

Cut-off: check site

Getting thereFly into TLV (Tel Aviv), about 106 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Very hilly: about 900 m of climbing and 900 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

8°C

Peak during race

15°C

Humidity

64%

Chance of rain

11%

Wind

13 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 19 February ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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