Latakia climate

Name: Latakia
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Latakia is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.8 °C. January is the wettest month (156 mm) and August the driest (8.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Latakia averages 930 mm of rain and 147 days above 25 °C.

Syria · population 709,000 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 8.8 °C
Driest month August 9 mm
Wettest month January 156 mm
Least cloud June 22 % cloud
Hottest on record September 39 °C
Coldest on record February 1.0 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectLatakia through the year

Latakia has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 156 mm against 9 mm in August — 18 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Latakia is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in February at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.4 °C	156 mm	53 %
February	15.3 °C	138 mm	52 %
March	17.5 °C	129 mm	50 %
April	20.3 °C	96 mm	47 %
May	23.6 °C	58 mm	36 %
June	26.5 °C	21 mm	22 %
July	28.7 °C	11 mm	23 %
August	29.5 °C	9 mm	25 %
September	28.4 °C	28 mm	23 %
October	26.0 °C	55 mm	33 %
November	20.7 °C	89 mm	42 %
December	16.0 °C	142 mm	51 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.4 °C	8.8 °C	11.5 °C	20.8 °C	2.1 °C	0	0
February	15.3 °C	9.1 °C	12.2 °C	24.5 °C	1.0 °C	0	0
March	17.5 °C	11.1 °C	14.5 °C	31.6 °C	3.1 °C	1	0
April	20.3 °C	13.6 °C	17.1 °C	31.0 °C	6.7 °C	3	0
May	23.6 °C	17.1 °C	20.5 °C	37.2 °C	11.6 °C	9	1
June	26.5 °C	20.8 °C	23.7 °C	35.1 °C	14.5 °C	22	2
July	28.7 °C	23.5 °C	26.0 °C	35.8 °C	19.0 °C	31	6
August	29.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.7 °C	36.9 °C	19.9 °C	31	11
September	28.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.4 °C	38.8 °C	18.0 °C	29	6
October	26.0 °C	19.2 °C	22.6 °C	37.0 °C	10.6 °C	19	3
November	20.7 °C	14.1 °C	17.2 °C	29.9 °C	5.7 °C	3	0
December	16.0 °C	10.2 °C	13.0 °C	25.4 °C	1.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	156 mm	13	10 h/day	53 %	73 %	15 km/h	18.3 °C
February	138 mm	12	11 h/day	52 %	72 %	16 km/h	17.3 °C
March	129 mm	12	12 h/day	50 %	72 %	16 km/h	17.3 °C
April	96 mm	10	13 h/day	47 %	75 %	15 km/h	18.3 °C
May	58 mm	7	14 h/day	36 %	76 %	14 km/h	21.2 °C
June	21 mm	5	15 h/day	22 %	76 %	15 km/h	24.7 °C
July	11 mm	3	14 h/day	23 %	77 %	16 km/h	27.2 °C
August	9 mm	3	14 h/day	25 %	76 %	15 km/h	28.3 °C
September	28 mm	5	12 h/day	23 %	73 %	14 km/h	27.9 °C
October	55 mm	7	11 h/day	33 %	70 %	12 km/h	25.9 °C
November	89 mm	8	10 h/day	42 %	68 %	13 km/h	22.8 °C
December	142 mm	12	9.8 h/day	51 %	73 %	14 km/h	20.2 °C

How Latakia 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
Latakia	30 °C	8.8 °C	930 mm	147
Ţarţūs · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	766 mm	156
Antakya · Turkey	33 °C	5.0 °C	626 mm	172
Ḩamāh · Syria	36 °C	3.6 °C	235 mm	190
Tripoli · Lebanon	30 °C	7.7 °C	703 mm	164
İskenderun · Turkey	33 °C	7.6 °C	670 mm	169
Homs · Syria	34 °C	2.7 °C	195 mm	179

Where Latakia ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	5th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	11th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	16th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	16th of 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in the world in July	18th of 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	27th of 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Latakia’s climate

When is the best time to visit Latakia?

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

How hot does Latakia get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Latakia?

January, averaging 156 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 930 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 Latakia 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
Data point: 35.531°, 35.791° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.