Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In September its highs average 33.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than As Salamīyah, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks 10th of 18 for the warmest September highs and joint 6th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 32.7°C; As Salamīyah is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in SeptemberSyria · 30 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Homs in SeptemberSyria · 44 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in SeptemberSyria · 107 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Idlib in SeptemberSyria · 109 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in SeptemberLebanon · 128 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Latakia in SeptemberSyria · 128 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Aleppo in SeptemberSyria · 133 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Samandağ in SeptemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 26 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.