Beirut climate

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Beirut is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.8 °C. January is the wettest month (129 mm) and July the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Beirut averages 631 mm of rain, 178 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Lebanon · population 1,916,100 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month January 7.8 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 129 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record May 41 °C
Coldest on record January -1.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectBeirut through the year

Beirut has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 178 days a year reach 25 °C, 80 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 129 mm against 1 mm in July — 170 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Beirut is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in March at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	15.6 °C	129 mm	48 %
February	16.3 °C	127 mm	48 %
March	18.7 °C	96 mm	44 %
April	22.0 °C	46 mm	38 %
May	25.8 °C	20 mm	25 %
June	28.8 °C	3 mm	10 %
July	30.8 °C	1 mm	9 %
August	31.2 °C	1 mm	12 %
September	29.9 °C	6 mm	15 %
October	27.3 °C	28 mm	26 %
November	22.2 °C	66 mm	37 %
December	17.7 °C	108 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.6 °C	7.8 °C	11.5 °C	26.3 °C	-1.1 °C	0	0
February	16.3 °C	8.0 °C	12.1 °C	28.1 °C	-0.4 °C	0	0
March	18.7 °C	9.8 °C	14.4 °C	34.2 °C	1.7 °C	3	0
April	22.0 °C	12.4 °C	17.6 °C	36.7 °C	1.6 °C	7	2
May	25.8 °C	16.1 °C	21.5 °C	40.9 °C	9.2 °C	17	4
June	28.8 °C	19.6 °C	24.6 °C	38.4 °C	12.3 °C	29	9
July	30.8 °C	22.0 °C	26.7 °C	38.7 °C	15.6 °C	31	21
August	31.2 °C	22.6 °C	27.0 °C	39.1 °C	18.0 °C	31	25
September	29.9 °C	21.1 °C	25.5 °C	38.5 °C	16.3 °C	30	13
October	27.3 °C	18.2 °C	22.6 °C	37.0 °C	10.9 °C	24	6
November	22.2 °C	13.4 °C	17.5 °C	32.2 °C	4.2 °C	7	0
December	17.7 °C	9.7 °C	13.4 °C	27.5 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	129 mm	13	10 h/day	48 %	75 %	14 km/h	18.4 °C
February	127 mm	11	11 h/day	48 %	74 %	15 km/h	17.5 °C
March	96 mm	9	12 h/day	44 %	73 %	14 km/h	17.4 °C
April	46 mm	6	13 h/day	38 %	69 %	14 km/h	18.5 °C
May	20 mm	4	14 h/day	25 %	64 %	13 km/h	21.2 °C
June	3 mm	1	14 h/day	10 %	63 %	13 km/h	24.7 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	65 %	13 km/h	27.3 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	67 %	13 km/h	28.3 °C
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	15 %	67 %	13 km/h	27.9 °C
October	28 mm	5	11 h/day	26 %	65 %	12 km/h	25.9 °C
November	66 mm	7	10 h/day	37 %	67 %	13 km/h	23.2 °C
December	108 mm	10	9.9 h/day	45 %	73 %	13 km/h	20.5 °C

How Beirut compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Beirut	31 °C	7.8 °C	631 mm	178
Sidon · Lebanon	30 °C	8.5 °C	646 mm	167
Tripoli · Lebanon	30 °C	7.7 °C	703 mm	164
Damascus · Syria	35 °C	1.1 °C	181 mm	178
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156

Where Beirut ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	6th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	9th of 50	89/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	9th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	10th of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	11th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	11th of 50	81/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Beirut.

QuestionsCommon questions about Beirut’s climate

When is the best time to visit Beirut?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Beirut get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 80 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Beirut?

January, averaging 129 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 631 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Beirut rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 33.893°, 35.502° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.