Climate averages 1991–2020
Dūmā weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Dūmā: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Damascus (12 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Dūmā, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Dūmā ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Dūmā is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.1°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Damascus in OctoberSyria · 12 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Dārayyā in OctoberSyria · 20 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Zahlé in OctoberLebanon · 55 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Aley in OctoberLebanon · 79 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Jounieh in OctoberLebanon · 86 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Nabatîyé et Tahta in OctoberLebanon · 88 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Beirut in OctoberLebanon · 91 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Sidon in OctoberLebanon · 96 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 44 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.