Bsharri climate — normals and trends
Bsharri (Lebanon) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 543 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Bsharri averages 28 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Bsharri has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 22 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.2 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -14.9 °C (on 5 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BsharriNorth Lebanon
- coords
- 34.25°, 36.01°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.9°C
Average daily high
19.0°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
543mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.3 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.2 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-14.9 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
62 mm
18 December 1951
Windiest day
33.6 km/h
15 March 1941
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
4 March 1988
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
6 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
14 January 1968
Sunniest day
13.7 h
4 July 1996
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -76 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | -2.0 °C | 107 mm | +15 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 53 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 61 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 23.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 23 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 27.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 23.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 20.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 57 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 12.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 119 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bsharri?
Bsharri has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.9 °C and it receives 543 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bsharri?
The hottest day measured in Bsharri between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 36.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bsharri?
The coldest day measured in Bsharri between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -14.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bsharri?
Yes. Bsharri gets on average 56.9 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Bsharri warmed?
Yes: Bsharri warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bsharri?
The wettest day measured in Bsharri between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bsharri?
The windiest day measured in Bsharri between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1941, with winds reaching 33.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bsharri?
The warmest month in Bsharri is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Bsharri?
Bsharri receives on average 543 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bsharri?
Bsharri gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bsharri?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bsharri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bsharri?
Yes: Bsharri has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bsharri?
In Bsharri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 6 August 1987, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 5 January 1942.
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