al-Yarmūk weather in October

In October, al-Yarmūk sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is al-Yarmūk's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see al-Yarmūk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 12 min; 5:45 AM – 4:54 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.4; out of 10

← September al-Yarmūk year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical October day in al-Yarmūk reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 6°C cooler than September and about 8°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	28	15
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	14
6	28	14
7	28	14
8	27	14
9	27	14
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	13
13	27	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	22	11
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

How October really feels in al-Yarmūk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

al-Yarmūk weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	41	7.6	1.8	10	2.7
Feb	12° / 3°	35	6.9	1.9	10.8	3.6
Mar	16° / 5°	25	5.1	0.4	11.7	5.9
Apr	21° / 9°	11	3.1	0.1	12.8	8.0
May	27° / 13°	8	2.1	0	13.7	8.3
Jun	31° / 16°	1	0.2	0	14.2	6.2
Jul	34° / 18°	0	0	0	14	4.4
Aug	34° / 18°	0	0	0	13.2	4.3
Sep	31° / 16°	1	0.4	0	12.2	6.3
Oct	26° / 13°	8	2.2	0	11.2	8.4
Nov	18° / 7°	21	4.2	0.1	10.3	6.8
Dec	13° / 3°	31	5.8	0.7	9.8	3.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	95	94	93	93	93	92	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	88	87	87	87	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

al-Yarmūk gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	4
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	7
18	7
19	8
20	8
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	13
30	13
31	14

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of October to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 4:39 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:34	5:14
2	11.6	5:34	5:13
3	11.6	5:35	5:11
4	11.6	5:36	5:10
5	11.5	5:37	5:08
6	11.5	5:37	5:07
7	11.5	5:38	5:06
8	11.4	5:39	5:04
9	11.4	5:40	5:03
10	11.4	5:40	5:02
11	11.3	5:41	5:01
12	11.3	5:42	4:59
13	11.3	5:43	4:58
14	11.2	5:44	4:57
15	11.2	5:44	4:56
16	11.2	5:45	4:54
17	11.1	5:46	4:53
18	11.1	5:47	4:52
19	11.1	5:48	4:51
20	11.0	5:49	4:50
21	11.0	5:49	4:49
22	11.0	5:50	4:48
23	10.9	5:51	4:46
24	10.9	5:52	4:45
25	10.9	5:53	4:44
26	10.8	5:54	4:43
27	10.8	5:55	4:42
28	10.8	5:55	4:41
29	10.7	5:56	4:40
30	10.7	5:57	4:39
31	10.7	5:58	4:39

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.0	Bright
30	4.0	Moderate
31	4.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit al-Yarmūk?

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

8.4

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit al-Yarmūk for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for al-Yarmūk in October

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

In October, al-Yarmūk sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in al-Yarmūk in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in al-Yarmūk peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	9	11	11	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in al-Yarmūk in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in al-Yarmūk is worst in November — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 31 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	52	57	52	54	44	35	31	31	41	51	58	57
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	52	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	52	Poor
Apr	54	Poor
May	44	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	58	Unhealthy
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is al-Yarmūk?

al-Yarmūk sits at 33.5°N, 36.3°E, 684 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Babīlā, 3.0 km away.

Topography around al-Yarmūk

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of al-Yarmūk.

Within 3 km, the terrain around al-Yarmūk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 679 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 590 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,743 m.

The land around al-Yarmūk is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (33%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), bare terrain (29%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

590 m

grassland 33%

80 km

2,743 m

grassland 34%

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← September al-Yarmūk year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Babīlā 3.0 km · Jaramānā 4.0 km · Damascus 5.0 km · Dārayyā 7.0 km · Şaḩnāyā 9.0 km · ‘Irbīn 10 km · Ḩarastā 11 km · Al Kiswah 14 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

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 al-Yarmūk (33.4699°, 36.3018°, elevation 684 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	28	15
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	14
6	28	14
7	28	14
8	27	14
9	27	14
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	13
13	27	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	22	11
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	4
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	7
18	7
19	8
20	8
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	28	15
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	14
6	28	14
7	28	14
8	27	14
9	27	14
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	13
13	27	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	22	11
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	4
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	7
18	7
19	8
20	8
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	28	15
3	28	14
4	28	14
5	28	14
6	28	14
7	28	14
8	27	14
9	27	14
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	13
13	27	13
14	26	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	22	11
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	95	5
5	94	6
6	93	7
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	90	10
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	88	12
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	84	16
25	84	16
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	4
8	4
9	4
10	4
11	5
12	5
13	5
14	6
15	6
16	6
17	7
18	7
19	8
20	8
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	11
26	11
27	12
28	12
29	13
30	13
31	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0