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Beirut is bathed in sunshine — 306 sunny days a year. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Beirut, Lebanon is a 1.5M-resident city with 306 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 33.4 µg/m³. The capital and largest city of Lebanon.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 18 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 24 |
| Daily mean°C | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 21 |
| Daily low°C | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 18 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 18 | 20 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 27 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 19 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -3 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 69 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 70 | 67 |
| Dewpoint°C | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 14.6 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 179 | 105 | 129 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 90 | 81 | 660 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 18 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 79 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 7.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Clear skyindex | 40% | 56% | 57% | 62% | 75% | 92% | 96% | 95% | 83% | 81% | 68% | 61% | 72% |
| UV indexmax avg | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 6.1 |
Beirut offers a solid outdoor season. 2 months of the year are perfect for all activities. Dinner outside works 6/12 months, while lunch outside is comfortable 11/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Beirut reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.4 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Beirut reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.4 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
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PM2.5 annual average of 33.4 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Beirut? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 33.4 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Beirut sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.
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