Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahlé weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Zahlé: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aley (28 km away). In April its highs average 18.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Zahlé, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Zahlé ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 20.7°C; Zahlé is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Zahlé climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 85 | 12.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 10.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 81 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 33 | 6.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 23.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 19 | 4.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.4 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 42 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.2°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 9.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Aley in AprilLebanon · 28 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Jounieh in AprilLebanon · 30 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Beirut in AprilLebanon · 37 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Damascus in AprilSyria · 52 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Dārayyā in AprilSyria · 53 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Dūmā in AprilSyria · 55 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Sidon in AprilLebanon · 59 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AprilLebanon · 65 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.6°C · 52 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 Zahlé) is explained once on the Zahlé year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.