Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th 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 Homs: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In December its highs average 14.2°C, about as warm as Homs, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks 5th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Homs is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 39 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in DecemberSyria · 44 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in DecemberSyria · 45 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 79 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in DecemberLebanon · 87 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Zahlé in DecemberLebanon · 123 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 124 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Jounieh in DecemberLebanon · 131 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Dūmā in DecemberSyria · 132 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.0°C · 16 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.