Damascus is bathed in sunshine — 298 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Damascus, Syria is a 3.8M-resident city with 298 sunny days and 8 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 33.5 µg/m³. The capital of Syria.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 14 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| Daily mean°C | 9 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 20 |
| Daily low°C | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 20 | 21 | 24 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 20 | 30 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 20 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -5 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 70 | 63 | 56 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 59 | 69 | 44 |
| Dewpoint°C | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 55 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 200 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 42 |
| Snowfallmm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 10.2 |
| Clear skyindex | 41% | 57% | 63% | 69% | 83% | 95% | 98% | 94% | 91% | 80% | 61% | 58% | 74% |
| UV indexmax avg | 2.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 6.8 |
Damascus offers a solid outdoor season. Dinner outside works 6/12 months, while lunch outside is comfortable 8/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Damascus reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.5 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Damascus reports an annual PM2.5 of 33.5 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
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PM2.5 annual average of 33.5 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Damascus? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 33.5 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Damascus sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.
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