Asia · Western Asia
Lebanon
One city in the atlas · one airport with scheduled flights
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Beirut
- Currency
- LBP
- Lebanese Pound
- Local time
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +961
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C and G
Facts
Lebanon in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Beirut
- Currency
- Lebanese Pound LBPToday's indicative rate: LBP 1,000 ≈ USD 0.011Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: ArabicSpoken: Arabic, French, English and Armenian
- Time zones
- Eastern European Summer TimeUTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +961
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A, B, C and G220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112police140ambulance160police175fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 5,849,421 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 10,400 km²
- Internet domain
- .lb
When to go
Climate across Lebanon
On these averages, Beirut has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to November.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Cities
Cities in Lebanon
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Lebanon
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Lebanon
Tell us where in Lebanon, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.