MarathonRoad🇵🇸 Bethlehem, Palestine

Palestine Marathon

Friday, 16 April 2027In 6 months · Start 06:30

Starts and finishes at the Church of the Nativity on Manger Square; marathon runners do two laps of the hilly half-marathon loop through Bethlehem and its neighbouring refugee camps.

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Facts checked 24 Oct 2026 against palestinemarathon.org, palestinemarathon.org.

Elevation gain

560 m

Very hilly · ↓ 560 m

Start altitude

752 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

14°C

Peaks around 22°C

Entry fee

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Finishers

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typical year

Course

Multiple laps

Cut-off: check site

Getting thereFly into TLV (Tel Aviv), about 46 km from the start

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Course map

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

Elevation profile

Very hilly: about 560 m of climbing and 560 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

14°C

Peak during race

22°C

Humidity

48%

Chance of rain

Wind

10 km/h

16 April in past years

Historical averages for 16 April ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 06:30 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

Finish times by age group

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