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Beirut in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Beirut is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 56 minutes.December in Beirut is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 56 minutes.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
9h 56mon average

Is December a good time to visit Beirut?

A good month, just outside Beirut's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 68°F in December, against 64°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in December, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in December, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in December, against 1% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

9h 56m in December, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November77°25°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December68°20°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January64°18°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Beirut sits, in December

Asia/Beirut
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:36 AMsets 4:31 PM
Above the sea
60 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Beirut, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Beirut is our one place in Lebanon so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Beirut

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 11 km south of Beirut. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (60 m) against the climate model's (209 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (60 m) against the climate model's (209 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.