Climate averages 1991–2020
Damascus weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Damascus: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārayyā (8 km away). In July 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 11th of 18 for the warmest July highs and joint 7th of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Damascus is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 35.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Dārayyā in JulySyria · 8 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dūmā in JulySyria · 12 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zahlé in JulyLebanon · 52 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Aley in JulyLebanon · 72 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in JulyLebanon · 76 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Jounieh in JulyLebanon · 81 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Beirut in JulyLebanon · 85 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Sidon in JulyLebanon · 85 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.7 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.