Climate averages 1991–2020
Homs weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th 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.
October is a warm month in Homs: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is As Salamīyah (44 km away). In October its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Homs, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Homs ranks 11th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Homs is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- As Salamīyah in OctoberSyria · 44 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in OctoberSyria · 45 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in OctoberSyria · 79 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in OctoberLebanon · 87 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Zahlé in OctoberLebanon · 123 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Latakia in OctoberSyria · 124 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Jounieh in OctoberLebanon · 131 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Dūmā in OctoberSyria · 132 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.3 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.