Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Homs: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In May its highs average 28.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Homs, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Homs is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in MaySyria · 44 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MaySyria · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MaySyria · 79 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MayLebanon · 87 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Zahlé in MayLebanon · 123 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 124 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Jounieh in MayLebanon · 131 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Dūmā in MaySyria · 132 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 4.0 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.