Ḩamāh climate

Name: Ḩamāh
Address: SY

Ḩamāh is warmest in August, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.6 °C. January is the wettest month (50 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ḩamāh averages 235 mm of rain, 190 days above 25 °C and 9 days below freezing.

Syria · population 460,602 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 36 °C
Coldest month January 3.6 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 50 mm
Least cloud July 4 % cloud
Hottest on record September 45 °C
Coldest on record February -5.9 °C

What to expectḨamāh through the year

Ḩamāh has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 36 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 190 days a year reach 25 °C, 139 of them reach 30 °C, 9 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 50 mm against 0 mm in July — 158 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.2 °C	50 mm	52 %
February	14.9 °C	42 mm	50 %
March	19.1 °C	32 mm	46 %
April	24.2 °C	18 mm	40 %
May	29.2 °C	12 mm	27 %
June	33.2 °C	1 mm	8 %
July	35.6 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
August	35.9 °C	1 mm	6 %
September	33.2 °C	3 mm	11 %
October	28.2 °C	12 mm	29 %
November	20.4 °C	23 mm	41 %
December	14.8 °C	41 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	13.2 °C	3.6 °C	8.0 °C	21.8 °C	-4.1 °C	0	0	4
February	14.9 °C	4.5 °C	9.4 °C	26.2 °C	-5.9 °C	0	0	3
March	19.1 °C	7.4 °C	13.1 °C	34.5 °C	-2.2 °C	3	0	0
April	24.2 °C	10.9 °C	17.5 °C	38.8 °C	-0.5 °C	12	4	0
May	29.2 °C	15.0 °C	22.2 °C	41.3 °C	8.5 °C	25	14	0
June	33.2 °C	18.6 °C	25.8 °C	44.5 °C	10.1 °C	30	24	0
July	35.6 °C	21.1 °C	28.1 °C	44.7 °C	16.6 °C	31	30	0
August	35.9 °C	21.4 °C	28.2 °C	44.4 °C	17.5 °C	31	31	0
September	33.2 °C	19.0 °C	25.7 °C	45.0 °C	12.2 °C	30	25	0
October	28.2 °C	15.4 °C	21.4 °C	38.3 °C	4.6 °C	24	10	0
November	20.4 °C	9.2 °C	14.4 °C	30.5 °C	-1.7 °C	3	0	0
December	14.8 °C	5.0 °C	9.5 °C	26.2 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	50 mm	9	10 h/day	52 %	77 %	13 km/h
February	42 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	32 mm	7	12 h/day	46 %	64 %	16 km/h
April	18 mm	4	13 h/day	40 %	55 %	17 km/h
May	12 mm	2	14 h/day	27 %	51 %	18 km/h
June	1 mm	0	15 h/day	8 %	49 %	19 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	52 %	20 km/h
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	55 %	18 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	11 %	55 %	15 km/h
October	12 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	56 %	12 km/h
November	23 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	63 %	12 km/h
December	41 mm	7	9.8 h/day	52 %	74 %	12 km/h

How Ḩamāh compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ḩamāh	36 °C	3.6 °C	235 mm	190
Homs · Syria	34 °C	2.7 °C	195 mm	179
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156
Latakia · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	930 mm	147
Tripoli · Lebanon	30 °C	7.7 °C	703 mm	164
Aleppo · Syria	36 °C	2.4 °C	300 mm	179
Antakya · Turkey	33 °C	5.0 °C	626 mm	172

Where Ḩamāh ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	32ndof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ḩamāh.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ḩamāh’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ḩamāh?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ḩamāh get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 139 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 9 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ḩamāh?

January, averaging 50 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 235 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ḩamāh rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.