Tripoli climate — normals and trends
Tripoli (Lebanon) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 754 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tripoli averages 0 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Tripoli has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 14 August 2025) and the coldest -1.3 °C (on 6 February 1950).
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
TripoliNorth Lebanon
- coords
- 34.43°, 35.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.3°C
Average daily high
20.9°C
Average daily low
17.8°C
Annual rainfall
754mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
13.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.5 cm
Average feels-like high
21.3 °C
Average feels-like low
16.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
149 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
32.8 °C
14 August 2025
Coldest day
-1.3 °C
6 February 1950
Wettest day
83 mm
22 December 1961
Windiest day
67.7 km/h
13 January 1968
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-6.8 °C
6 February 1950
Snowiest day
5.3 cm
3 January 1942
Sunniest day
13.8 h
2 July 1956
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 27 mm | -136 mm |
| Feb | 13.1 °C | -1.5 °C | 159 mm | +30 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 47 mm | -58 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 30 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 13 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 23.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 72 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 17.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 191 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tripoli?
Tripoli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 754 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tripoli?
The hottest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2025, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tripoli?
The coldest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1950, at -1.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tripoli?
Yes. Tripoli gets on average 1.5 cm of snow per year and has around 0 frost days.
Has the climate of Tripoli warmed?
Yes: Tripoli warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tripoli?
The wettest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1961, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tripoli?
The windiest day measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1968, with winds reaching 67.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tripoli?
The warmest month in Tripoli is August (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tripoli?
Tripoli receives on average 754 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tripoli?
Tripoli gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tripoli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tripoli between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, with 5.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tripoli?
Yes: Tripoli has on average 149 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tripoli?
In Tripoli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 13 August 2025, and the lowest was -6.8 °C on 6 February 1950.
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