Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidon weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Sidon: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabatîyé et Tahta (22 km away). In December its highs average 15.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Sidon, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Sidon ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 16.0°C; Sidon is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 201 mm to 213 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in DecemberLebanon · 22 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Aley in DecemberLebanon · 35 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Tyre in DecemberLebanon · 36 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Beirut in DecemberLebanon · 39 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Jounieh in DecemberLebanon · 52 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Zahlé in DecemberLebanon · 59 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Dārayyā in DecemberSyria · 81 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Damascus in DecemberSyria · 85 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.0°C · 31 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.