Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahlé weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Zahlé: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aley (28 km away). In October its highs average 23.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Zahlé, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Zahlé ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 25.9°C; Zahlé is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Aley in OctoberLebanon · 28 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Jounieh in OctoberLebanon · 30 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Beirut in OctoberLebanon · 37 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Damascus in OctoberSyria · 52 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Dārayyā in OctoberSyria · 53 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Dūmā in OctoberSyria · 55 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Sidon in OctoberLebanon · 59 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in OctoberLebanon · 65 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 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.