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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bosra
Bosra climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing17°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation249 mm30 wet days a year
32.52° N, 36.48° EElevation 850 mUTC+3
When to goBosra · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low26° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bosra has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 32° and nights 18°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 17°.
About 249 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (54 mm, 6 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in June to 31% in January.
Compared with Damascus, the capital, Bosra is 4.4° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 32° · August
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- June · 3% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 12° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 26° | 19° | 14° |
| Average low | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 54 mm | 52 mm | 35 mm | 14 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 11 mm | 30 mm | 43 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.3 | 6 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 30% | 26% | 21% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 14 | 11h 02 | 11h 56 | 12h 58 | 13h 49 | 14h 16 | 14h 06 | 13h 22 | 12h 24 | 11h 25 | 10h 30 | 10h 02 |
| Month score | 51 | 59 | 85 | 94 | 90 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 78 | 92 | 91 | 66 |
ivMonth by month
Bosra in every month
January51
12° / 4°
54 mm · 6.3 wet days
February59
13° / 4°
52 mm · 6 wet days
March85
17° / 6°
35 mm · 3.3 wet days
April94
22° / 9°
14 mm · 2.4 wet days
May90
27° / 13°
6 mm · 0.8 wet day
June77
30° / 16°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
July72
32° / 18°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
August71
32° / 18°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
September78
30° / 17°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
October92
26° / 14°
11 mm · 1.5 wet days
November91
19° / 9°
30 mm · 3.7 wet days
December66
14° / 5°
43 mm · 4.9 wet days