Climate averages 1991–2020
Aley weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Aley: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beirut (13 km away). In March its highs average 18.8°C, 4.7°C warmer than Aley, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Aley ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 17.2°C; Aley is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 123 | 12.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 123 | 11.3 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 14.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 94 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 6.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 18 | 3.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 25.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 2.7 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 65 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 105 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Beirut in MarchLebanon · 13 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Jounieh in MarchLebanon · 20 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Zahlé in MarchLebanon · 28 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Sidon in MarchLebanon · 35 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in MarchLebanon · 49 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Tyre in MarchLebanon · 70 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Dārayyā in MarchSyria · 70 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Damascus in MarchSyria · 72 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 25 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aley) is explained once on the Aley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.