Climate averages 1991–2020
Damascus 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 Damascus: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 16.2°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 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dārayyā (8 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Damascus, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Damascus ranks 13th 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; Damascus is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 7.7 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
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 | 35.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Dārayyā in SeptemberSyria · 8 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Dūmā in SeptemberSyria · 12 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Zahlé in SeptemberLebanon · 52 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Aley in SeptemberLebanon · 72 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in SeptemberLebanon · 76 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Jounieh in SeptemberLebanon · 81 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Beirut in SeptemberLebanon · 85 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Sidon in SeptemberLebanon · 85 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.0 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.