Baalbek weather in October

In October, Baalbek sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 20 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Baalbek's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baalbek's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 20 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 5:46 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Baalbek is city in Baalbek-Hermel, Lebanon.

Density: 826/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical October day in Baalbek reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 7°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8
31	17	7

How October really feels in Baalbek

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Baalbek weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / -2°	68	11.5	8	10	0.3
Feb	7° / -1°	62	10.2	7.1	10.7	0.8
Mar	11° / 2°	52	9.4	4	11.7	2.7
Apr	16° / 5°	31	7.7	0.6	12.8	5.4
May	21° / 10°	24	6.1	0	13.7	7.7
Jun	26° / 14°	4	1.1	0	14.2	9.1
Jul	29° / 17°	2	0.4	0	14	7.8
Aug	29° / 17°	2	0.7	0	13.3	7.6
Sep	26° / 14°	5	1.7	0	12.2	9.0
Oct	21° / 10°	20	5.4	0	11.1	7.7
Nov	14° / 5°	35	6.5	0.6	10.2	4.5
Dec	8° / 0°	51	8.8	3.8	9.8	1.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	95	95	94	94	92	92	91	91	90	90	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	84	83	83	82	81	80	79	79	77	77	76	75	74	74
Cloudier (%)	5	5	6	6	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	23	23	24	25	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Baalbek gets around 20 mm of rain over 5.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	19
21	20
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	23
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 4:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:34	5:14
2	11.6	5:35	5:13
3	11.6	5:36	5:11
4	11.6	5:36	5:10
5	11.5	5:37	5:09
6	11.5	5:38	5:07
7	11.5	5:39	5:06
8	11.4	5:40	5:04
9	11.4	5:40	5:03
10	11.3	5:41	5:02
11	11.3	5:42	5:01
12	11.3	5:43	4:59
13	11.2	5:44	4:58
14	11.2	5:44	4:57
15	11.2	5:45	4:55
16	11.1	5:46	4:54
17	11.1	5:47	4:53
18	11.1	5:48	4:52
19	11.0	5:49	4:51
20	11.0	5:50	4:49
21	11.0	5:50	4:48
22	10.9	5:51	4:47
23	10.9	5:52	4:46
24	10.9	5:53	4:45
25	10.8	5:54	4:44
26	10.8	5:55	4:43
27	10.8	5:56	4:42
28	10.7	5:57	4:41
29	10.7	5:58	4:40
30	10.7	5:58	4:39
31	10.6	5:59	4:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.78 kWh/m² to a high of 8.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.0	Bright
28	4.0	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Baalbek?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Baalbek for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Baalbek in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Baalbek sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Baalbek in October

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in October — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 56 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 3 to Dec 23 — about 7.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	19	17	17	19	21	25	27	28	28	26	23	21
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	19	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	28	Tropical
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Baalbek in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baalbek peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	8	9	12	11	11	10	7	5	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Baalbek in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Baalbek is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 31 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	52	57	52	54	44	35	31	31	41	51	58	57
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	54	Poor
May	44	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Baalbek?

Baalbek sits at 34.0°N, 36.2°E, 1,183 m above sea level, in Lebanon. The nearest listed city is Chmistâr, 19 km away.

Topography around Baalbek

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baalbek.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baalbek has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 483 m around an average of 1,235 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,505 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,068 m.

The land around Baalbek is covered by grassland (55%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and bare terrain (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

483 m

grassland 55%

16 km

1,505 m

grassland 59%

80 km

3,068 m

grassland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← September Baalbek year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Chmistâr 19 km · Aarsâl 27 km · Az Zabadānī 33 km · Bsharri 33 km · Zahle 34 km · Yabrūd 41 km · At Tall 45 km · El Hermel 46 km

Lebanon travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B / C / D / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2024
GDP per capita: $4,473; 2024
Happiness: 3.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 48%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.2; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 16.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 477
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Baalbek (34.0058°, 36.2181°, elevation 1,183 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	19
21	20
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	23
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	19
21	20
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	23
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	22	11
10	22	11
11	22	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	11
15	21	11
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	21	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	9
22	20	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	18	8
27	18	8
28	18	8
29	18	8
30	17	8
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	83	17
20	83	17
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	76	24
29	75	25
30	74	26
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	11
6	11
7	12
8	12
9	13
10	13
11	14
12	14
13	15
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	19
21	20
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	23
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100