Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Latakia: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Latakia, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Latakia is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 13 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 63 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MaySyria · 72 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 82 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 88 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MaySyria · 98 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 98 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MayLebanon · 122 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 122 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 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.