Ad Darbāsīyah weather in August

In August, Ad Darbāsīyah sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ad Darbāsīyah's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Darbāsīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:39 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
3%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Ad Darbāsīyah is town in Syria.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ad Darbāsīyah reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Ad Darbāsīyah

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
23 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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 Darbāsīyah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 679.70.79.72.8
Feb13° / 6290.710.63.8
Mar18° / 578.70.111.76.0
Apr23° / 11°406.8012.97.5
May30° / 16°234.10146.1
Jun36° / 22°10.5014.52.5
Jul40° / 25°00.2014.30.2
Aug40° / 25°00013.40.4
Sep35° / 20°10.4012.33.5
Oct28° / 15°223.10117.1
Nov19° / 415.80106.9
Dec13° / 648.50.39.53.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ad Darbāsīyah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:26 AM to 4:51 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:266:21
213.94:276:20
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413.84:286:18
513.84:296:17
613.84:306:16
713.74:316:15
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1113.64:346:11
1213.64:356:09
1313.54:366:08
1413.54:376:07
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1613.44:396:04
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ad Darbāsīyah

In seasonPeak

None of Ad Darbāsīyah's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ad Darbāsīyah sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Ad Darbāsīyah?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ad Darbāsīyah.

What to pack for Ad Darbāsīyah in August

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

In August, Ad Darbāsīyah sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad Darbāsīyah 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 Darbāsīyah peaks around June 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7High
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Ad Darbāsīyah 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 Darbāsīyah is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1940 µg/m³Dec 1627 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar40Poor
Apr37Poor
May35Moderate
Jun35Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Darbāsīyah?

Ad Darbāsīyah sits at 37.1°N, 40.7°E, 484 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Kızıltepe, 14 km away.

NusaybinAl QāmishlīCeylanpınarAl Ḩasakah

Topography around Ad Darbāsīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Darbāsīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 477 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,156 m.

The land around Ad Darbāsīyah is covered by cropland (83%) within 3 km, cropland (94%) within 16 km, and cropland (66%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
1,156 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Kızıltepe 14 km · ‘Āmūdā 25 km · Mardin 28 km · Yeşilli 33 km · Nusaybin 50 km · Al Qāmishlī 51 km · Ceylanpınar 59 km · Al Ḩasakah 64 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 Darbāsīyah (37.0728°, 40.652°, elevation 484 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).