Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli, Lebanon 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 Tripoli, Lebanon: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţarţūs (51 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Tripoli, Lebanon, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Tripoli, Lebanon ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 24.6°C; Tripoli, Lebanon is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 1.2 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ţarţūs in MaySyria · 51 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 54 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Zahlé in MayLebanon · 65 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Beirut in MayLebanon · 68 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Aley in MayLebanon · 73 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Homs in MaySyria · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Sidon in MayLebanon · 107 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Dūmā in MaySyria · 109 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 4.0 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 Tripoli) is explained once on the Tripoli, Lebanon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.