Bsharri weather in February

In February, Bsharri sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 11.6 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 Bsharri's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bsharri's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 90 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:29 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Bsharri is human settlement.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical February day in Bsharri reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 3°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)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How February really feels in Bsharri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Bsharri 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 1°	95	13.3	5.7	10	2.0
Feb	10° / 2°	90	11.6	5.4	10.7	2.4
Mar	13° / 4°	76	11.2	2.8	11.7	3.9
Apr	17° / 8°	41	8.2	0.4	12.8	6.1
May	22° / 12°	27	6	0	13.8	7.9
Jun	26° / 16°	4	1.5	0	14.2	9.0
Jul	28° / 19°	1	0.2	0	14.1	8.2
Aug	29° / 19°	2	0.4	0	13.3	7.8
Sep	27° / 16°	9	2.2	0	12.2	8.6
Oct	23° / 12°	36	7.8	0	11.1	7.7
Nov	17° / 7°	63	8.8	0.5	10.2	5.8
Dec	12° / 3°	84	11.3	2.7	9.8	3.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	58
Cloudier (%)	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Bsharri gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 11.6 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring 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 (%)	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36
Snow chance (%)	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	23
2	43	23
3	43	23
4	42	23
5	42	23
6	42	23
7	42	22
8	42	22
9	43	22
10	43	22
11	43	21
12	44	21
13	44	21
14	44	20
15	44	20
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	43	18
20	43	17
21	42	17
22	41	16
23	40	15
24	39	15
25	38	14
26	37	13
27	37	12
28	36	12

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	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

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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

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

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 6:40 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:24 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	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	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)	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:14
Sunset (PM)	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:40	4:59
2	10.3	6:39	5:00
3	10.4	6:39	5:01
4	10.4	6:38	5:02
5	10.4	6:37	5:03
6	10.5	6:37	5:04
7	10.5	6:36	5:05
8	10.5	6:35	5:06
9	10.5	6:34	5:07
10	10.6	6:33	5:08
11	10.6	6:32	5:09
12	10.6	6:32	5:09
13	10.7	6:31	5:10
14	10.7	6:30	5:11
15	10.7	6:29	5:12
16	10.8	6:28	5:13
17	10.8	6:27	5:14
18	10.8	6:26	5:15
19	10.9	6:25	5:16
20	10.9	6:24	5:17
21	10.9	6:23	5:18
22	11.0	6:21	5:19
23	11.0	6:20	5:20
24	11.0	6:19	5:21
25	11.1	6:18	5:22
26	11.1	6:17	5:22
27	11.1	6:16	5:23
28	11.2	6:14	5:24

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.85 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)	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Bsharri

In seasonPeak

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

Bsharri'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 Bsharri?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bsharri.

What to pack for Bsharri in February

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

In February, Bsharri sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bsharri in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 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 4 to Dec 22 — 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	17	17	18	21	25	27	28	28	26	23	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	28	Tropical
Sep	28	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Bsharri 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 Bsharri peaks around June 20 at about 11 (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	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	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	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bsharri 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 Bsharri is worst in February — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 24 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)	43	49	47	48	38	28	24	24	30	38	46	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	43	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bsharri?

Bsharri sits at 34.3°N, 36.0°E, 1,442 m above sea level, in Lebanon. The nearest listed city is Tripoli, 25 km away.

Topography around Bsharri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bsharri has very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,481 m around an average of 1,670 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,934 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,068 m.

The land around Bsharri is covered by grassland (62%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,481 m

grassland 62%

16 km

2,934 m

grassland 62%

80 km

3,068 m

grassland 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Tripoli 25 km · Chmistâr 32 km · Baalbek 33 km · Byblos 36 km · El Hermel 38 km · Aarsâl 39 km · Zahle 46 km · Jounieh 47 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 Bsharri (34.2508°, 36.0106°, elevation 1,442 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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	1
4	10	1
5	10	1
6	10	1
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	12	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	23
2	43	23
3	43	23
4	42	23
5	42	23
6	42	23
7	42	22
8	42	22
9	43	22
10	43	22
11	43	21
12	44	21
13	44	21
14	44	20
15	44	20
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	43	18
20	43	17
21	42	17
22	41	16
23	40	15
24	39	15
25	38	14
26	37	13
27	37	12
28	36	12

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	23
2	43	23
3	43	23
4	42	23
5	42	23
6	42	23
7	42	22
8	42	22
9	43	22
10	43	22
11	43	21
12	44	21
13	44	21
14	44	20
15	44	20
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	43	18
20	43	17
21	42	17
22	41	16
23	40	15
24	39	15
25	38	14
26	37	13
27	37	12
28	36	12

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	58	42
28	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	23
2	43	23
3	43	23
4	42	23
5	42	23
6	42	23
7	42	22
8	42	22
9	43	22
10	43	22
11	43	21
12	44	21
13	44	21
14	44	20
15	44	20
16	44	19
17	44	19
18	44	19
19	43	18
20	43	17
21	42	17
22	41	16
23	40	15
24	39	15
25	38	14
26	37	13
27	37	12
28	36	12

	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