Byblos (Jbeil) weather by month
The best time to visit Byblos (Jbeil) is June, September and October — 96/100 in June, 29°C and 1 rainy day. The best season is summer, June to August (93/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 65/100 — cool, rainy, muggy air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (93/100 on average) · worst January (65/100)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 22°C
- Wet days
- 1
- Sun
- 13.1 h
- Humidity
- 66%
- Daylight
- 14 h

Byblos, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Byblos is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Byblos through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- March
- Holy Week20 Mar – 10 May (usually)Festival
- June
- Swimming season15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)Season
- July
- Byblos International Festival15 Jul – 20 Aug (usually)Festival
- Diaspora summer1 Jul – 31 AugSeason
- November
- The harbour shuts down15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Season
- December
- Christmas and New Year20 Dec – 6 JanHoliday
Crowds in Byblos in June
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusySwimming season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Byblos
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
history
We hired a guide right at the archaeological site entrance for about 25 dollars and it transformed what would have been a confusing jumble of ruins into a readable timeline, a Persian fortress, a Crusader castle, and an Egyptian-era obelisk temple all layered on top of each other. The harbor itself was worth a slow walk on its own, fishing boats bobbing against pastel buildings, with plenty of cafés along the seafront to stop for coffee. Bab El Mina near the port gave us the best seafood of the whole Lebanon trip. Private transport from Beirut cost us about 30 dollars split between the group, which felt worth it for the convenience over public transit.
Traveller notes on Byblos
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters name June as one of the best months to visit Lebanon overall, with average highs around 28C and lows around 21C - warm, dry and comfortable rather than the more intense heat of high summer. Public and private beaches along the coast, including around Byblos, are open from mid-May through mid-October, so June sits comfortably within that full beach season. Posters describe June through September broadly as prime time for sun, beaches, mountain escapes and cultural festivals - the Byblos Festival specifically draws visitors to one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, with its souks and Crusader sea castle repeatedly named among the top sights in the country.
Forum posters describe Lebanon's coast in December as bringing warm-ish days and cool evenings, typically 10-20C, with the last two weeks of the month turning genuinely cold and rainy - posters note the interior mountains can drop to around 5C, distinctly colder than the coastal towns like Byblos, Saida and Sour where winter stays comparatively mild. Posters are consistent that rain is the main weather challenge along the coast this time of year, sometimes falling even when temperatures still sit around 20C. Posters generally rate December as a rewarding time to explore Byblos and Lebanon's other historic coastal sites despite the rain risk, describing conditions overall as not too cold and not too hot. Posters generally rate December as mild by day, cool and often wet by night for Byblos, workable for sightseeing with rain gear on hand.
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