Tripoli climate

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Tripoli is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.7 °C. January is the wettest month (145 mm) and August the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tripoli averages 703 mm of rain, 164 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Lebanon · population 229,398 · 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 7.7 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 145 mm
Least cloud July 5 % cloud
Hottest on record August 39 °C
Coldest on record December -1.4 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectTripoli through the year

Tripoli 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, 164 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 145 mm against 0 mm in August — 852 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tripoli is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February 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	15.2 °C	145 mm	46 %
February	15.9 °C	127 mm	46 %
March	18.3 °C	94 mm	41 %
April	21.4 °C	39 mm	35 %
May	24.9 °C	17 mm	23 %
June	27.8 °C	2 mm	7 %
July	29.9 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
August	30.3 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
September	29.1 °C	7 mm	11 %
October	26.5 °C	44 mm	26 %
November	21.5 °C	88 mm	37 %
December	17.1 °C	140 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	15.2 °C	7.7 °C	11.4 °C	24.2 °C	-1.0 °C	0	0
February	15.9 °C	8.0 °C	12.0 °C	27.2 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0
March	18.3 °C	10.0 °C	14.3 °C	32.4 °C	0.8 °C	2	0
April	21.4 °C	12.8 °C	17.4 °C	35.5 °C	2.7 °C	6	1
May	24.9 °C	16.8 °C	21.3 °C	37.4 °C	9.8 °C	13	3
June	27.8 °C	20.3 °C	24.4 °C	37.1 °C	13.8 °C	26	6
July	29.9 °C	22.4 °C	26.4 °C	36.8 °C	17.1 °C	31	15
August	30.3 °C	22.8 °C	26.7 °C	38.8 °C	17.8 °C	31	18
September	29.1 °C	21.5 °C	25.2 °C	38.3 °C	14.2 °C	29	9
October	26.5 °C	18.3 °C	22.4 °C	37.2 °C	11.0 °C	21	5
November	21.5 °C	13.1 °C	17.3 °C	31.5 °C	3.0 °C	5	0
December	17.1 °C	9.5 °C	13.3 °C	26.9 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	145 mm	14	10 h/day	46 %	74 %	21 km/h	18.4 °C
February	127 mm	11	11 h/day	46 %	73 %	22 km/h	17.4 °C
March	94 mm	9	12 h/day	41 %	71 %	22 km/h	17.4 °C
April	39 mm	6	13 h/day	35 %	68 %	21 km/h	18.4 °C
May	17 mm	3	14 h/day	23 %	66 %	19 km/h	21.1 °C
June	2 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	64 %	19 km/h	24.6 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	65 %	20 km/h	27.2 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	7 %	67 %	19 km/h	28.3 °C
September	7 mm	2	12 h/day	11 %	67 %	17 km/h	27.8 °C
October	44 mm	6	11 h/day	26 %	68 %	16 km/h	25.9 °C
November	88 mm	8	10 h/day	37 %	69 %	17 km/h	23.1 °C
December	140 mm	12	9.9 h/day	46 %	73 %	19 km/h	20.4 °C

How Tripoli 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
Tripoli	30 °C	7.7 °C	703 mm	164
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156
Beirut · Lebanon	31 °C	7.8 °C	631 mm	178
Homs · Syria	34 °C	2.7 °C	195 mm	179
Sidon · Lebanon	30 °C	8.5 °C	646 mm	167
Damascus · Syria	35 °C	1.1 °C	181 mm	178
Ḩamāh · Syria	36 °C	3.6 °C	235 mm	190

Where Tripoli ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	3rd of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	4th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	6th of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	10th of 50	88/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	11th of 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	17th of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tripoli’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tripoli?

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

How hot does Tripoli 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 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tripoli?

January, averaging 145 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 703 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 Tripoli 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: 34.434°, 35.844° (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.