Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahlé weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Zahlé: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aley (28 km away). In February its highs average 11.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Zahlé, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Zahlé ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 8 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 14.6°C; Zahlé is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Aley in FebruaryLebanon · 28 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Jounieh in FebruaryLebanon · 30 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 140 mm rain
- Beirut in FebruaryLebanon · 37 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Damascus in FebruarySyria · 52 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Dārayyā in FebruarySyria · 53 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Dūmā in FebruarySyria · 55 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Sidon in FebruaryLebanon · 59 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in FebruaryLebanon · 65 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 122 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.