Climate and average weather in Tyre

In Tyre, the summers are muggy, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: late April to mid November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Tyre typically varies from 12°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 29°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Tyre for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
28°
Coldest
Jan
12°
Wettest
Jan
193 mm
Driest
Aug
2 mm
Rain / yr
868 mm
70 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
7 m
33.3°N
Clearest
Jun
10% cloud

Tyre is city in the South Governorate of Lebanon, also an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido).

Density
27,041/km²
people per km²
Founded
~2749 BCE

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

Tyre weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Tyre, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from June 12 to October 19, with daily high temperatures above 25°C. The hottest month of the year in Tyre is August, with an average high of 28°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from December 10 to March 27, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Tyre is January, with an average low of 12°C and high of 15°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1512
Feb1612
Mar1713
Apr2015
May2318
Jun2521
Jul2824
Aug2825
Sep2723
Oct2521
Nov2117
Dec1713

Average hourly temperature in Tyre

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 12°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Tyre weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 12°19313.5104.6
Feb16° / 12°16211.110.84.9
Mar17° / 13°1028.611.76.1
Apr20° / 15°545.712.87.3
May23° / 18°183.213.78.6
Jun25° / 21°51.214.29.2
Jul28° / 24°20.7148.7
Aug28° / 25°20.513.28.2
Sep27° / 23°71.512.28.7
Oct25° / 21°384.511.28.3
Nov21° / 17°1087.810.37.3
Dec17° / 13°17811.69.85.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Tyre gets about 868 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.7 months, from around Oct 24 to Apr 16, peaking in January at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 24.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 193 mm over about 14 wet days; August is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 26 · 43%Aug 24 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4214
Feb4011
Mar299
Apr196
May103
Jun41
Jul21
Aug21
Sep52
Oct155
Nov268
Dec3812

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tyre collects about 868 mm of rain across 70 wet days — roughly 72 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 193 mm, while August is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 61% of the year’s total.

050100150200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1931621025418522738108178
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan19314
Feb16211
Mar1029
Apr546
May183
Jun51
Jul21
Aug21
Sep72
Oct385
Nov1088
Dec17812

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Tyre, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 28 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around October 23. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 24 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around April 27. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 7 · 100%Jan 17 · 63%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6436
Feb6931
Mar7426
Apr8119
May9010
Jun991
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep991
Oct8911
Nov7723
Dec6733

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 11, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.06:484:49
Feb10.86:315:17
Mar11.75:575:41
Apr12.85:156:04
May13.74:446:27
Jun14.24:346:45
Jul14.04:456:45
Aug13.25:066:21
Sep12.25:275:40
Oct11.25:494:59
Nov10.36:174:32
Dec9.86:414:30

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Tyre averages about 22 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 13 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around May 2 to Oct 22. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 13 sunny days — about 55% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 430 daysFeb 613 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar16Bright
Apr18Bright
May25Brilliant
Jun29Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep29Brilliant
Oct24Brilliant
Nov18Bright
Dec14Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Tyre, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around May 9 to November 1. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 2 to May 8, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 2 · 100%Jun 22 · 0%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9820000
Feb9730000
Mar85150000
Apr48448000
May631481500
Jun022358170
Jul00232633
Aug00122707
Sep011347372
Oct513373960
Nov414016200
Dec87120000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Tyre is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.2 months, from around Nov 19 to Apr 26. The windiest month is February, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 27 to Nov 18, with August the calmest month at about 10 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 6 · 13 km/hAug 23 · 10 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan13light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr12calm
May11calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep10calm
Oct10calm
Nov11calm
Dec13light breeze

Hazard calendar for Tyre

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Tyre'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

Best time to visit Tyre

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Tyre throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early November, Tyre is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tyre for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to mid November, with a peak score in the first week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 6 · 9.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.7fair
Feb4.9fair
Mar6.1good
Apr7.3good
May8.6ideal
Jun9.2ideal
Jul8.7ideal
Aug8.2ideal
Sep8.7ideal
Oct8.3ideal
Nov7.3good
Dec5.7good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Tyre for hot-weather activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 21 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Tyre, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 28°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Tyre sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Tyre

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 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 24 — about 7.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Tyre by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tyre peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Tyre

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar50
Apr6.52.5
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug85.5
Sep74.5
Oct5.50
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in Tyre by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Tyre is worst in April — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 33 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyApr 1173 µg/m³Aug 1533 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr74Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun46Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec67Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Tyre is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Tyre banks about 3,605 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan109
Feb103
Mar157
Apr221
May319
Jun401
Jul484
Aug505
Sep458
Oct405
Nov274
Dec168

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Tyre receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 26. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 64% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 197.6 kWhDec 212.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb3.8Moderate
Mar5.2Bright
Apr6.4Intense
May7.2Intense
Jun7.6Intense
Jul7.4Intense
Aug6.8Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.5Bright
Nov3.4Moderate
Dec2.7Moderate

Where is Tyre?

Tyre sits at 33.3°N, 35.2°E, 7 m above sea level, in Lebanon. The nearest listed city is En Nâqoûra, 18 km away.

En NâqoûraNabatîyé et TahtaHabboûchGhaziehSidonJezzineAl QunayţirahAley

Topography around Tyre

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tyre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,060 m.

The land around Tyre is covered by water (78%) within 3 km, water (58%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
615 m
80 km
3,060 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: En Nâqoûra 18 km · Nabatîyé et Tahta 29 km · Habboûch 31 km · Ghazieh 32 km · Sidon 36 km · Jezzine 47 km · Al Qunayţirah 61 km · Aley 70 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
Muslim 68%Christian 32%Druze 5%

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 Tyre (33.2733°, 35.1939°, elevation 7 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).