Climate averages 1991–2020
Dūmā weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Dūmā: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Damascus (12 km away). In July its highs average 35.2°C, 0.9°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 July highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Dūmā is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 35.9°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
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, selected | 36.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Damascus in JulySyria · 12 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dārayyā in JulySyria · 20 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Zahlé in JulyLebanon · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Aley in JulyLebanon · 79 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Jounieh in JulyLebanon · 86 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in JulyLebanon · 88 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Beirut in JulyLebanon · 91 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Sidon in JulyLebanon · 96 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 Dūmā) is explained once on the Dūmā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.