Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahlé weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Zahlé: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aley (28 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, 2.7°C cooler than Zahlé, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Zahlé ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 30.4°C; Zahlé is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Aley in AugustLebanon · 28 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 30 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 37 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Damascus in AugustSyria · 52 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dārayyā in AugustSyria · 53 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dūmā in AugustSyria · 55 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sidon in AugustLebanon · 59 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AugustLebanon · 65 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.1 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.