Climate averages 1991–2020
Nabatîyé et Tahta weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nabatîyé et Tahta: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sidon (22 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Nabatîyé et Tahta, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Nabatîyé et Tahta ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Nabatîyé et Tahta is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Nabatîyé et Tahta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 121 | 12.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 122 | 11.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 16.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 95 | 10.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 6.4 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 20 | 3.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.1 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 26 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 7.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 102 | 9.7 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sidon in MayLebanon · 22 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Tyre in MayLebanon · 29 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Aley in MayLebanon · 49 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Beirut in MayLebanon · 57 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Zahlé in MayLebanon · 65 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 68 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Dārayyā in MaySyria · 70 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Damascus in MaySyria · 76 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.0 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 Nabatîyé et Tahta) is explained once on the Nabatîyé et Tahta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.