Beirut has a Mediterranean climate characterized
by a warm days and nights, yet summers can be virtually rainless. Autumn and
spring are cool with rainy winters. August is considered the only really hot
month, with a monthly average high temperature of 32 °C (90 °F), and
January and February are the coldest months, with a monthly average low
temperature of 11 °C (52 °F). The prevailing wind during the afternoon and
evening is from the west (onshore, blowing in from the Mediterranean); at night
it reverses to offshore, blowing from the land out to sea.
