Climate averages 1991–2020

Tyre 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.

Average high 30.1°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 23.6°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 1.6 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tyre · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Tyre: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 1.6 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 23 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabatîyé et Tahta (29 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Tyre, with 1.1 mm of rain.

Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Tyre ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 30.4°C; Tyre is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 6.8 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tyre climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tyre, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 15.6°C10.1°C10.1°C19313.610.210 h
February 16.2°C10.2°C10.2°C16311.211.011 h
March 18.3°C11.8°C11.8°C1028.612.012 h
April 21.2°C14.0°C14.0°C545.713.013 h
May 24.4°C17.3°C17.3°C183.213.914 h
June 27.3°C20.4°C20.4°C4.91.214.314 h
July 29.5°C22.8°C22.8°C1.80.714.114 h
August, selected 30.1°C23.6°C23.6°C1.60.513.413 h
September 28.8°C22.6°C22.6°C6.81.512.412 h
October 26.4°C20.0°C20.0°C384.511.411 h
November 21.8°C15.6°C15.6°C1087.810.510 h
December 17.5°C12.0°C12.0°C17811.610.010 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

Distance from Tyre

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tyre) is explained once on the Tyre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.