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When to go to Damascus

Twelve months of averages for Damascus, and what they say about when to go.

Ancient City of Damascus · Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Syria at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): June to August.
The warmest month is July (35°C) and the coolest January (10°C). The wettest is January (69 mm) and the driest July (0 mm); about 288 mm of rain falls in a year.

Damascus: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanCool
FebCool
MarCool
AprMild–warm, dry
MayMild–warm, dry
JunHot
JulHot
AugHot
SeptMild–warm, dry
OctMild–warm, dry
NovCool
DecCool

Month by month

Every month in Damascus

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Damascus by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	10°C	0°C	69 mm	76%	56%	2.8	23°C	Cool
February	12°C	1°C	57 mm	72%	57%	3.6	24°C	Cool
March	16°C	3°C	29 mm	65%	49%	5.2	27°C	Cool
April	21°C	7°C	18 mm	56%	46%	6.4	31°C	Mild to warm and dry
May	27°C	11°C	7 mm	46%	35%	7.5	35°C	Mild to warm and dry
June	32°C	15°C	1 mm	36%	19%	8.4	37°C	Hot
July	35°C	18°C	0 mm	33%	17%	8.2	39°C	Hot
August	35°C	18°C	0 mm	36%	20%	7.5	39°C	Hot
September	31°C	16°C	2 mm	40%	21%	6.3	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
October	25°C	12°C	13 mm	47%	36%	4.7	34°C	Mild to warm and dry
November	17°C	6°C	35 mm	61%	45%	3.4	29°C	Cool
December	12°C	2°C	57 mm	71%	51%	2.6	25°C	Cool

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

The model's grid cell sits about 371 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to Syria at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

10°C

0°C

69 mm

76%

56%

2.8

23°C

Cool

February

12°C

1°C

57 mm

72%

57%

3.6

24°C

Cool

March

16°C

3°C

29 mm

65%

49%

5.2

27°C

Cool

April

21°C

7°C

18 mm

56%

46%

6.4

31°C

Mild to warm and dry

May

27°C

11°C

7 mm

46%

35%

7.5

35°C

Mild to warm and dry

June

32°C

15°C

1 mm

36%

19%

8.4

37°C

Hot

July

35°C

18°C

0 mm

33%

17%

8.2

39°C

Hot

August

35°C

18°C

0 mm

36%

20%

7.5

39°C

Hot

September

31°C

16°C

2 mm

40%

21%

6.3

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

October

25°C

12°C

13 mm

47%

36%

4.7

34°C

Mild to warm and dry

November

17°C

6°C

35 mm

61%

45%

3.4

29°C

Cool

December

12°C

2°C

57 mm

71%

51%

2.6

25°C

Cool