Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Homs: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In March its highs average 18.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Homs, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks 9th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Homs is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in MarchSyria · 44 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MarchSyria · 45 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MarchSyria · 79 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MarchLebanon · 87 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Zahlé in MarchLebanon · 123 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Latakia in MarchSyria · 124 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Jounieh in MarchLebanon · 131 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Dūmā in MarchSyria · 132 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 13 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.