Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th 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 Latakia: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In October its highs average 27.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Latakia, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Latakia is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 124 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Samandağ in OctoberTurkey · 63 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in OctoberSyria · 72 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Antakya in OctoberTurkey · 82 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Idlib in OctoberSyria · 88 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in OctoberSyria · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in OctoberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in OctoberLebanon · 122 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 42 mm rain
- İskenderun in OctoberTurkey · 122 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 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.