Climate averages 1991–2020
Dūmā weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Dūmā: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 18.8°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Damascus (12 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Dūmā, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Dūmā ranks 9th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Dūmā is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Dūmā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.2°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 18 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 13 | 3.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 4.0 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 35.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.3°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 16 | 3.7 | 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
- Damascus in AugustSyria · 12 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dārayyā in AugustSyria · 20 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Zahlé in AugustLebanon · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Aley in AugustLebanon · 79 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 86 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in AugustLebanon · 88 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Beirut in AugustLebanon · 91 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sidon in AugustLebanon · 96 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 Dūmā) is explained once on the Dūmā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.