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Travel and Tourism in Lebanon
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Lebanon.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Lebanon - Level 4: Do Not Travel
- Time Difference
- UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- Lebanese pound (LBP)
- Climate
- From May through October, sunny weather prevails and rain is infrequent. Temperatures rarely go above 90°F in the summer. Fall and spring are relatively short. Winters are mild (in the city, winter temperatures rarely drop below 40°F and damp. Most of the country's annual rainfall (about 36 inches) occurs from December through March. Winter storms frequently are accompanied by high winds, lightning, and thunder.
- Ethnic Groups
- Arab 95%, Armenian 4%, other 1%
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 22 November (1943)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 33 50 N, 35 50 E
- Location
- Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria
- Airports
- 8
Destinations
Regions and cities, top sights, national parks, UNESCO sites, and festivals for visitors.
Outdoor and Adventure
Lebanon's small size and dramatic topography, Mediterranean coast, mountain ridges, and valley plains within a few hours of one another, make it an extraordinarily varied outdoor destination for its area. The combination of environments accessible within a single day's drive is genuinely unusual: coastal swimming, mountain hiking, skiing, cycling, river kayaking, spelunking, and paragliding can all be experienced within Lebanon's modest boundaries.
The Lebanon Mountain Trail is a 470-kilometer national walking trail that runs the full length of the country from Andqet in the far north, near the Syrian border, to Marjayoun in the south. Developed over a decade of community consultations and trail-building by the Lebanon Mountain Trail Association, the LMT passes through approximately 75 villages and multiple protected areas, covering 27 stages of between 8 and 24 kilometers each.
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
n Beirut and the surrounding areas, modern medical care and medicines are widely available. Modern facilities are not always available in outlying areas, although no location in the country is more than three hours from the capital. Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment for services, and without such payment, may deny service even in emergency cases. A list of doctors who speak English and a list of hospitals are available from the U.S.