Ad Dānā weather in August

In August, Ad Dānā sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ad Dānā's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dānā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:55 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
5%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Ad Dānā is city in Idlib, Syria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ad Dānā reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ad Dānā

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ad Dānā weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 6710.50.59.83.3
Feb14° / 569.10.410.64.3
Mar18° / 458.10.111.76.4
Apr23° / 11°276.2012.97.6
May29° / 15°193.6013.96.9
Jun33° / 19°30.8014.44.6
Jul36° / 22°10.1014.23.1
Aug36° / 22°10.1013.42.9
Sep33° / 19°41.1012.24.6
Oct28° / 15°224.4011.17.0
Nov20° / 386.2010.17.2
Dec14° / 669.30.29.64.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ad Dānā gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12627587
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:43 AM to 5:08 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:436:35
213.84:446:34
313.84:456:33
413.84:466:32
513.74:466:31
613.74:476:30
713.74:486:29
813.74:496:28
913.64:506:27
1013.64:506:26
1113.64:516:25
1213.54:526:23
1313.54:536:22
1413.54:546:21
1513.44:556:20
1613.44:556:19
1713.44:566:17
1813.34:576:16
1913.34:586:15
2013.24:596:14
2113.24:596:12
2213.25:006:11
2313.15:016:10
2413.15:026:08
2513.15:036:07
2613.05:046:05
2713.05:046:04
2813.05:056:03
2912.95:066:01
3012.95:076:00
3112.85:085:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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276.6Intense
286.6Intense
296.5Intense
306.5Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ad Dānā?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ad Dānā. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ad Dānā in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ad Dānā sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad Dānā in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad Dānā peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dānā in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ad Dānā is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1446 µg/m³Jul 2020 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr42Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct35Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dānā?

Ad Dānā sits at 36.2°N, 36.8°E, 400 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Batabo, 9.0 km away.

Idlib

Topography around Ad Dānā

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ad Dānā.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dānā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 729 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,194 m.

The land around Ad Dānā is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
729 m
80 km
2,194 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Batabo 9.0 km · Reyhanlı 19 km · Ma‘arratmişrīn 24 km · Kafr Takhārīm 25 km · Nubl 27 km · Binnish 29 km · Salqīn 30 km · Idlib 34 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2022
GDP per capita
$1,057
2022
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 87%Christian 10%Druze 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ad Dānā (36.2125°, 36.77°, elevation 400 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).