Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than As Salamīyah, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks joint 8th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; As Salamīyah is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.7°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in OctoberSyria · 30 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Homs in OctoberSyria · 44 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in OctoberSyria · 107 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Idlib in OctoberSyria · 109 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in OctoberLebanon · 128 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Latakia in OctoberSyria · 128 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Aleppo in OctoberSyria · 133 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Samandağ in OctoberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 51 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.