Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Homs: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 20.5°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 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In August its highs average 35.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Homs, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Homs is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in AugustSyria · 44 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in AugustSyria · 45 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AugustSyria · 79 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in AugustLebanon · 87 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Zahlé in AugustLebanon · 123 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 124 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Jounieh in AugustLebanon · 131 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Dūmā in AugustSyria · 132 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 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.