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Beirut in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Beirut is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Beirut is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 12% of days
Daylight
13h 55mon average

Is May a good time to visit Beirut?

Yes. May is one of Beirut's best months (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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in May, against 64°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in May, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

12% of days in May, against 1% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

23% cover in May, against 1% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

13h 55m in May, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April74°23°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May82°28°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June87°31°low 66°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Beirut sits, in May

Asia/Beirut
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:37 AMsets 7:31 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 May, 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 May 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.