Climate averages 1991–2020
Tyre 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 Tyre: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 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 10 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabatîyé et Tahta (29 km away). In December its highs average 15.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Tyre, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Tyre ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 16.0°C; Tyre is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 193 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
Tyre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 193 | 13.6 | 10.210 h |
| February | 16.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 163 | 11.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 102 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 54 | 5.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 18 | 3.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.9 | 1.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 30.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 4.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 108 | 7.8 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 17.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 178 | 11.6 | 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 · 29 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Sidon in DecemberLebanon · 36 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Haifa in DecemberIsrael · 54 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Nazareth in DecemberIsrael · 64 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Aley in DecemberLebanon · 70 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Beirut in DecemberLebanon · 75 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Jounieh in DecemberLebanon · 88 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Zahlé in DecemberLebanon · 91 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 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 Tyre) is explained once on the Tyre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.