Beirut weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇧 Lebanon · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Beirut is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with May and September close behind. Beirut averages about 3,247 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,247
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 455 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 1.9M
- Elevation
- 5 m
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When is the best time to visit Beirut?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Beirut is June, then May and September. The dullest month is January (58/100, 115 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Beirut?
Beirut is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,247 hours of sunshine a year. June (98/100) is noticeably better than January (58). It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Lebanon. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 455 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 115 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
| February | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 82 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 90 | 20° / 68°F | 14° / 57°F | 43 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 23 mm | 6 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 9 mm | 8 | 23° / 73°F |
| June | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 5 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 94 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 23 mm | 5 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 88 | 23° / 73°F | 17° / 63°F | 56 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 74 | 19° / 66°F | 14° / 57°F | 96 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Beirut by month
The sea off Beirut is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 19°C / 66°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 10 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Damascus Syria · 105 km · best in May · 3,468 h sun/yr
- Larnaca Cyprus · 207 km · best in Jun · 3,200 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 209 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Ercan (North Nicosia) Cyprus · 234 km · best in Jun · 3,011 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 238 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Antakya Türkiye · 292 km · best in May · 3,038 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Haifa Israel · 120 km · 3,334 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Latakia Syria · 181 km · 3,135 h sun/yr · best in May
- Lefkoniko (Geçitkale) Cyprus · 226 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Beirut compares month by month: Beirut vs Tel Aviv · Beirut vs Damascus · Beirut vs Amman · Beirut vs Larnaca · all comparisons
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