Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Homs: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Homs, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks joint 9th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 23.3°C; Homs is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Homs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 35 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 28 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 4.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 32 | 6.9 | 9.910 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
April in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in AprilSyria · 44 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in AprilSyria · 45 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AprilSyria · 79 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in AprilLebanon · 87 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Zahlé in AprilLebanon · 123 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Latakia in AprilSyria · 124 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Jounieh in AprilLebanon · 131 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Dūmā in AprilSyria · 132 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.3 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 Homs) is explained once on the Homs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.