Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli, Lebanon weather
in December.
A mild, 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 Tripoli, Lebanon: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţarţūs (51 km away). In December its highs average 16.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tripoli, Lebanon, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Tripoli, Lebanon ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 16.0°C; Tripoli, Lebanon is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 146 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
Tripoli, Lebanon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 146 | 14.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 126 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 93 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 38 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 31.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 42 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 89 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 17.6°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 145 | 12.4 | 9.910 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
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 51 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Jounieh in DecemberLebanon · 54 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Zahlé in DecemberLebanon · 65 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Beirut in DecemberLebanon · 68 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Aley in DecemberLebanon · 73 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Homs in DecemberSyria · 87 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Sidon in DecemberLebanon · 107 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Dūmā in DecemberSyria · 109 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 16 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 Tripoli) is explained once on the Tripoli, Lebanon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.