Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidon weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sidon: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabatîyé et Tahta (22 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sidon, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Sidon ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 30.4°C; Sidon is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 8.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Sidon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 213 | 14.2 | 10.210 h |
| February | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 173 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 107 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 59 | 6.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 20 | 3.4 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 8.0 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 122 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 201 | 12.5 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AugustLebanon · 22 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Aley in AugustLebanon · 35 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Tyre in AugustLebanon · 36 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 39 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 52 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Zahlé in AugustLebanon · 59 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Dārayyā in AugustSyria · 81 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Damascus in AugustSyria · 85 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.3 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 Sidon) is explained once on the Sidon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.