Climate averages 1991–2020
Sidon weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Sidon: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Nabatîyé et Tahta (22 km away). In March its highs average 16.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Sidon, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Sidon ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 17.2°C; Sidon is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 59 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in MarchLebanon · 22 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Aley in MarchLebanon · 35 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Tyre in MarchLebanon · 36 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Beirut in MarchLebanon · 39 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Jounieh in MarchLebanon · 52 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Zahlé in MarchLebanon · 59 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Dārayyā in MarchSyria · 81 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Damascus in MarchSyria · 85 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 Sidon) is explained once on the Sidon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.