Sidon climate

Name: Sidon
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Sidon is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.5 °C. January is the wettest month (131 mm) and July the driest (1.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sidon averages 646 mm of rain and 167 days above 25 °C.

Lebanon · population 163,554 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 8.5 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 131 mm
Least cloud July 12 % cloud
Hottest on record May 40 °C
Coldest on record February 0.2 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectSidon through the year

Sidon has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 167 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 131 mm against 1 mm in July — 113 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sidon 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	15.3 °C	131 mm	49 %
February	16.0 °C	128 mm	49 %
March	18.2 °C	99 mm	46 %
April	21.4 °C	52 mm	40 %
May	25.0 °C	21 mm	27 %
June	28.0 °C	4 mm	12 %
July	30.0 °C	1 mm	12 %
August	30.5 °C	1 mm	16 %
September	29.2 °C	6 mm	17 %
October	26.6 °C	27 mm	27 %
November	21.7 °C	68 mm	38 %
December	17.3 °C	108 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	15.3 °C	8.5 °C	11.7 °C	24.6 °C	0.3 °C	0	0
February	16.0 °C	8.7 °C	12.2 °C	27.7 °C	0.2 °C	0	0
March	18.2 °C	10.4 °C	14.4 °C	32.8 °C	3.5 °C	2	0
April	21.4 °C	12.9 °C	17.4 °C	35.8 °C	4.2 °C	5	1
May	25.0 °C	16.6 °C	21.1 °C	39.8 °C	9.8 °C	15	3
June	28.0 °C	19.9 °C	24.2 °C	36.1 °C	13.2 °C	28	5
July	30.0 °C	22.3 °C	26.3 °C	39.6 °C	17.2 °C	31	15
August	30.5 °C	22.9 °C	26.7 °C	37.1 °C	18.8 °C	31	19
September	29.2 °C	21.6 °C	25.3 °C	37.2 °C	16.9 °C	29	8
October	26.6 °C	18.7 °C	22.5 °C	37.2 °C	11.3 °C	21	4
November	21.7 °C	14.1 °C	17.6 °C	31.5 °C	5.5 °C	5	0
December	17.3 °C	10.5 °C	13.6 °C	27.4 °C	1.2 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	131 mm	12	10 h/day	49 %	77 %	14 km/h	18.5 °C
February	128 mm	11	11 h/day	49 %	76 %	14 km/h	17.5 °C
March	99 mm	10	12 h/day	46 %	74 %	14 km/h	17.4 °C
April	52 mm	6	13 h/day	40 %	72 %	13 km/h	18.5 °C
May	21 mm	4	14 h/day	27 %	70 %	13 km/h	21.3 °C
June	4 mm	1	14 h/day	12 %	70 %	13 km/h	24.8 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	72 %	13 km/h	27.3 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	16 %	74 %	13 km/h	28.4 °C
September	6 mm	2	12 h/day	17 %	72 %	13 km/h	27.9 °C
October	27 mm	5	11 h/day	27 %	70 %	12 km/h	26.0 °C
November	68 mm	7	10 h/day	38 %	71 %	12 km/h	23.3 °C
December	108 mm	10	9.9 h/day	46 %	75 %	13 km/h	20.6 °C

How Sidon 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
Sidon	30 °C	8.5 °C	646 mm	167
Beirut · Lebanon	31 °C	7.8 °C	631 mm	178
Damascus · Syria	35 °C	1.1 °C	181 mm	178
Haifa · Israel	30 °C	11 °C	553 mm	166

Where Sidon ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	4th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	11th of 50	88/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	12th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	12th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Sidon’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sidon?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, October, 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 Sidon get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 57 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.5 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sidon?

January, averaging 131 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 646 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 Sidon 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: 33.558°, 35.371° (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.