Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In May its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as As Salamīyah, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; As Salamīyah is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in MaySyria · 30 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Homs in MaySyria · 44 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MaySyria · 107 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 109 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MayLebanon · 128 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 128 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 133 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 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.