Aley
City in Lebanon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Aley Lebanon Houses and hillside: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Aley is a city in Lebanon, in Mount Lebanon. About 130,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Lebanon in our atlas.
It lies at 33.81° N, 35.60° E, about 878 m (2,881 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Beirut time zone.
Location
Red dot: Aley. Green dots: other major cities of Lebanon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Aley has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (47°F). Around 455 mm (18 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in LebanonNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 280425 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q26338 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Aley Lebanon Houses and hillside: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)