Climate averages 1991–2020

Ḩamāh weather
in August.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Ḩamāh: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (30 km away). In August its highs average 35.3°C, about as warm as Ḩamāh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ḩamāh ranks 10th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 14th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Ḩamāh is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.6 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ḩamāh climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ḩamāh, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.2°C3.8°C3.8°C499.410.110 h
February 14.9°C4.7°C4.7°C428.510.911 h
March 19.0°C7.7°C7.7°C317.411.912 h
April 24.2°C11.2°C11.2°C174.313.113 h
May 29.2°C15.2°C15.2°C122.314.014 h
June 33.1°C18.7°C18.7°C1.80.614.514 h
July 35.5°C21.1°C21.1°C0.30.114.314 h
August, selected 35.8°C21.4°C21.4°C0.60.213.513 h
September 33.1°C19.2°C19.2°C2.60.812.412 h
October 28.2°C15.7°C15.7°C123.111.311 h
November 20.4°C9.5°C9.5°C244.910.410 h
December 14.8°C5.3°C5.3°C417.69.810 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

Distance from Ḩamāh

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ḩamāh) is explained once on the Ḩamāh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.