Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Syria.

ClimaNote covers 18 cities in Syria, starting with Aleppo, Damascus and Homs. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 22.1°C in Latakia to 27.0°C in Deir ez-Zor, and yearly rainfall from 96 mm in Dūmā to 1,086 mm in Latakia. The hottest city-month is July in Al Ḩasakah, with an average high of 41.0°C, and the coolest is January in Al Qāmishlī, at 10.2°C (tied with January in Manbij). By single month, the most rain falls in December in Latakia, with 231 mm, and the least in July in Dar‘ā, with under 1 mm.

July is the warmest month in 9 cities and August in 7 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie); January is the coolest in every city. January is the wettest month in 14 cities and December in 1 (in 3 other cities two or more months tie); July is the driest in 9 cities and August in 4 (in 5 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 16 have a month with under 1 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.

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Cities in Syria

Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Syria
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Aleppo24°C12°C304
Damascus24°C10°C182
Homs24°C12°C192
Latakia22°C16°C1,086
Ar Raqqah26°C14°C180
Ḩamāh25°C13°C232
Ţarţūs24°C16°C754
Al Ḩasakah26°C14°C291
Deir ez-Zor27°C15°C142
Al Qāmishlī25°C12°C398
Al Bāb24°C12°C264
Idlib23°C12°C313
Dūmā24°C11°C96
Manbij24°C12°C283
Dar‘ā25°C12°C248
As Salamīyah25°C13°C164
Al-Tabqa25°C14°C179
Dārayyā23°C10°C182

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.