Beirut weather in February

In February, Beirut sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 138 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Beirut's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Beirut's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 138 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:30 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Beirut is capital and largest city of Lebanon.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 19 µg/m³ · 2016
Founded: ~1499 BCE

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical February day in Beirut reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Beirut weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 10°	144	13.8	10	4.4
Feb	15° / 10°	138	11.3	10.7	4.7
Mar	17° / 12°	105	9.4	11.7	5.9
Apr	20° / 14°	46	5.6	12.8	7.4
May	24° / 18°	17	3	13.7	8.7
Jun	26° / 22°	2	0.7	14.2	9.1
Jul	29° / 24°	0	0.1	14	8.1
Aug	29° / 24°	1	0.3	13.3	7.6
Sep	28° / 23°	6	1.2	12.2	8.3
Oct	25° / 20°	30	4.5	11.1	8.3
Nov	21° / 16°	78	7.7	10.2	7.3
Dec	17° / 12°	133	11.3	9.8	5.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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
Clearer (%)	67	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	33	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Beirut gets around 138 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	42	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	35

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:27 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
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:41	5:02
2	10.4	6:41	5:03
3	10.4	6:40	5:03
4	10.4	6:39	5:04
5	10.4	6:39	5:05
6	10.5	6:38	5:06
7	10.5	6:37	5:07
8	10.5	6:36	5:08
9	10.6	6:36	5:09
10	10.6	6:35	5:10
11	10.6	6:34	5:11
12	10.7	6:33	5:12
13	10.7	6:32	5:13
14	10.7	6:31	5:14
15	10.7	6:30	5:15
16	10.8	6:29	5:16
17	10.8	6:28	5:17
18	10.8	6:27	5:18
19	10.9	6:26	5:19
20	10.9	6:25	5:19
21	10.9	6:24	5:20
22	11.0	6:23	5:21
23	11.0	6:22	5:22
24	11.0	6:21	5:23
25	11.1	6:20	5:24
26	11.1	6:19	5:25
27	11.1	6:17	5:26
28	11.2	6:16	5:27

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.71 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Beirut

In seasonPeak

In February, Beirut sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Beirut's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Beirut?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Beirut for sightseeing.

What to pack for Beirut in February

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

In February, Beirut sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Beirut in February

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in March 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)	18	18	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	18	Cool
Feb	18	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 Beirut in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Beirut peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	8	11	10	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Beirut in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Beirut is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Beirut's WHO annual average of 19 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	22	25	29	25	18	14	12	13	15	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Beirut?

Beirut sits at 33.9°N, 35.5°E, 40 m above sea level, in Lebanon. The nearest listed city is Ra’s Bayrūt, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Beirut

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beirut has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,129 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,079 m.

The land around Beirut is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and water (32%) within 3 km, water (60%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

artificial surfaces 58%

16 km

1,129 m

water 60%

80 km

3,079 m

grassland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Beirut year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ra’s Bayrūt 2.0 km · Aley 13 km · Jounieh 14 km · Byblos 29 km · Zahle 37 km · Sidon 39 km · Jezzine 40 km · Ghazieh 44 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 Beirut (33.8933°, 35.5016°, elevation 40 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	15	10
2	15	10
3	15	10
4	15	10
5	15	10
6	15	10
7	15	10
8	15	10
9	15	10
10	15	10
11	15	10
12	15	10
13	15	10
14	15	10
15	15	10
16	15	10
17	15	10
18	15	10
19	16	10
20	16	10
21	16	10
22	16	11
23	16	11
24	16	11
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	16	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	41
13	42
14	42
15	42
16	42
17	43
18	43
19	42
20	42
21	42
22	41
23	40
24	39
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1