Climate averages 1991–2020
Damascus weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Damascus: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
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 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārayyā (8 km away). In August its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Damascus, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Damascus ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Damascus is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 31.9°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
Damascus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 41 | 7.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 12.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 36 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 25 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 11 | 3.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 8.0 | 2.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 35.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 35.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 7.7 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 12.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 31 | 5.9 | 10.010 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
- Dārayyā in AugustSyria · 8 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dūmā in AugustSyria · 12 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zahlé in AugustLebanon · 52 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Aley in AugustLebanon · 72 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AugustLebanon · 76 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 81 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 85 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sidon in AugustLebanon · 85 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.3 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 Damascus) is explained once on the Damascus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dārayyā lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.