Beirut
Capital of Lebanon: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Beirutcity: Yoniw, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Beirut is the capital of Lebanon. About 1.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Lebanon in our atlas.
It lies at 33.89° N, 35.50° E, about 40 m (131 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Beirut time zone.
Location
Red dot: Beirut. Green dots: other major cities of Lebanon. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Beirut 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in LebanonNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 276781 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3820 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Beirutcity: Yoniw, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sursock house: No machine-readable author provided. Bertilvidet~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ye old opera house.: Karan Jain from Washington, DC, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Municipal Sports Field, Beirut - 1947: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Beyrouth bois des pins 09: Patrice Bon, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baabda Palace - 1947: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- René Moawad Garden, Beirut: Steven Damron from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
