Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahlé weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Zahlé: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aley (28 km away). In September its highs average 26.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Zahlé, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Lebanon, Zahlé ranks joint 5th of 8 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 8 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 8 cities is 28.9°C; Zahlé is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Aley in SeptemberLebanon · 28 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Jounieh in SeptemberLebanon · 30 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Beirut in SeptemberLebanon · 37 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Damascus in SeptemberSyria · 52 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Dārayyā in SeptemberSyria · 53 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Dūmā in SeptemberSyria · 55 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sidon in SeptemberLebanon · 59 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in SeptemberLebanon · 65 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 6.1 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.