Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than As Salamīyah, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks 6th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; As Salamīyah is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in DecemberSyria · 30 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Homs in DecemberSyria · 44 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 107 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 109 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in DecemberLebanon · 128 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 128 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 133 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 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.