Climate averages 1991–2020
Ḩamāh weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ḩamāh: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (30 km away). In December its highs average 14.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ḩamāh, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ḩamāh ranks 4th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Ḩamāh is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ḩamāh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 49 | 9.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.9°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 31 | 7.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 17 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 29.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 33.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.810 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
December in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in DecemberSyria · 30 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Homs in DecemberSyria · 45 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 84 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 98 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in DecemberLebanon · 114 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 124 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 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 Ḩamāh) is explained once on the Ḩamāh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.