Climate guideThirty-year normals for Damascus
Damascus climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation282 mm41 wet days a year
33.51° N, 36.29° EElevation 701 mUTC+3
When to goDamascus · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low28° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Damascus has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 36° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 282 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (63 mm, 8 wet days) and August the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in June to 30% in January.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · July
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- June · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 22 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 57 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° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 29° | 34° | 36° | 36° | 34° | 28° | 20° | 14° |
| Average low | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 2° |
| Precipitation | 63 mm | 54 mm | 38 mm | 14 mm | 9 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 14 mm | 39 mm | 49 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.3 | 7 | 4.8 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 28% | 24% | 20% | 12% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 22% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 10 | 10h 59 | 11h 56 | 13h 00 | 13h 53 | 14h 22 | 14h 10 | 13h 25 | 12h 25 | 11h 23 | 10h 27 | 9h 57 |
| Month score | 49 | 61 | 89 | 93 | 77 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 62 | 80 | 88 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Damascus in every month
January49
12° / 1°
63 mm · 8.3 wet days
February61
14° / 2°
54 mm · 7 wet days
March89
18° / 5°
38 mm · 4.8 wet days
April93
24° / 8°
14 mm · 3 wet days
May77
29° / 12°
9 mm · 2.1 wet days
June63
34° / 16°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
36° / 19°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
August58
36° / 19°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September62
34° / 15°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
October80
28° / 11°
14 mm · 2.8 wet days
November88
20° / 6°
39 mm · 5.2 wet days
December64
14° / 2°
49 mm · 6.3 wet days