When to go · Syria
When to go to Tartus
When to go
What the averages say
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.
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- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): June to September.
- The warmest month is August (28°C) and the coolest January (17°C). The wettest is January (140 mm) and the driest July (2 mm); about 631 mm of rain falls in a year.
The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCool
- FebCool
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctMild–warm, dry
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Tartus
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 15°C | 140 mm | 68% | 65% | 2.5 | 23°C | Cool |
| February | 17°C | 15°C | 101 mm | 69% | 63% | 3.4 | 24°C | Cool |
| March | 18°C | 16°C | 62 mm | 72% | 58% | 4.8 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 20°C | 18°C | 35 mm | 75% | 53% | 6.1 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 22°C | 21°C | 16 mm | 78% | 38% | 7.3 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 25°C | 24°C | 7 mm | 82% | 22% | 8 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 27°C | 26°C | 2 mm | 84% | 21% | 7.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 28°C | 27°C | 2 mm | 82% | 23% | 7 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 28°C | 26°C | 17 mm | 74% | 27% | 5.9 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 26°C | 24°C | 42 mm | 67% | 45% | 4.3 | 34°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| November | 22°C | 20°C | 81 mm | 63% | 54% | 3.1 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 19°C | 16°C | 126 mm | 66% | 63% | 2.3 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
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.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Beirut116 kmGood for going: April to November
- Antakya149 kmGood for going: April to June, October and November
- Larnaca206 kmGood for going: March to June and September to November
- Nicosia233 kmGood for going: March to May, October and November
- Adana239 kmGood for going: March to May, October and November
- Mersin242 kmGood for going: May to October
- Tarsus243 kmGood for going: March to May, October and November
- Irbid259 kmGood for going: February to April and October to December
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)