Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Homs: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In July its highs average 35.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Homs, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks joint 15th of 18 for the warmest July highs and joint 2nd of 18 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Homs is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in JulySyria · 44 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in JulySyria · 45 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in JulySyria · 79 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in JulyLebanon · 87 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Zahlé in JulyLebanon · 123 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Latakia in JulySyria · 124 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Jounieh in JulyLebanon · 131 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Dūmā in JulySyria · 132 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 18.3°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.