Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In August its highs average 35.8°C, about as warm as As Salamīyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks 11th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 14th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; As Salamīyah is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
As Salamīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 30 | 7.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 28 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 35.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 17 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 26 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in AugustSyria · 30 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Homs in AugustSyria · 44 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AugustSyria · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 109 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in AugustLebanon · 128 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 133 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Samandağ in AugustTurkey · 154 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for As Salamīyah) is explained once on the As Salamīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.