Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Latakia: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In December its highs average 15.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Latakia, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 2nd of 18 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Latakia is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 231 mm to 226 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
Latakia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 226 | 14.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 161 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 116 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 75 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 3.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 4.3 | 1.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 24 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 66 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 15.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 231 | 12.4 | 9.810 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
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 63 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 72 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Antakya in DecemberTurkey · 82 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 88 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in DecemberSyria · 98 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in DecemberLebanon · 122 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 145 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 122 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 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 Latakia) is explained once on the Latakia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.