As Salamīyah weather in May

In May, As Salamīyah sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is As Salamīyah's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Salamīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
16°
7th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:33 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
26%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

As Salamīyah is city.

Founded
~3499 BCE

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in As Salamīyah reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in As Salamīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

As Salamīyah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 307.19.94.2
Feb15° / 286.110.75.1
Mar19° / 24611.77.0
Apr24° / 12°133.212.98.2
May29° / 16°122.313.86.8
Jun33° / 20°10.314.34.8
Jul35° / 22°0014.13.5
Aug35° / 22°10.313.33.2
Sep33° / 20°10.512.24.8
Oct28° / 16°112.811.17.3
Nov21° / 10°174.110.27.7
Dec15° / 265.79.75.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
48119
58119
68218
78218
88317
98416
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31955

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

As Salamīyah gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.3 wet days in May. 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 11% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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411
511
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710
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910
1010
119
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19820
29820
39820
49820
59820
69730
79631
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119631
129631
139631
149631
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199541
209541
219451
229451
239361
249271
259271
269181
279190
2890100
2989110
3088120
3187130

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:47 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:476:11
213.44:466:12
313.54:456:12
413.54:446:13
513.54:436:14
613.54:426:15
713.64:416:16
813.64:406:17
913.64:396:17
1013.74:386:18
1113.74:376:19
1213.74:366:20
1313.84:366:21
1413.84:356:21
1513.84:346:22
1613.84:336:23
1713.94:326:24
1813.94:326:25
1913.94:316:25
2013.94:306:26
2114.04:306:27
2214.04:296:28
2314.04:286:28
2414.04:286:29
2514.04:276:30
2614.14:276:31
2714.14:266:31
2814.14:266:32
2914.14:256:33
3014.14:256:33
3114.24:246:34

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.1Intense
107.2Intense
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317.8Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit As Salamīyah?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit As Salamīyah for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for As Salamīyah in May

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

In May, As Salamīyah sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in As Salamīyah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in As Salamīyah peaks around June 19 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 — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in As Salamīyah in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in As Salamīyah is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorFeb 2154 µg/m³Jul 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr48Poor
May38Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct43Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is As Salamīyah?

As Salamīyah sits at 35.0°N, 37.1°E, 461 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ḩamāh, 30 km away.

TallbīsahŞūrānŢayyibat al ImāmHomsḨalfāyāMaharda

Topography around As Salamīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Salamīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 457 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,243 m.

The land around As Salamīyah is covered by cropland (54%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
352 m
80 km
1,243 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Ḩamāh 30 km · Ar Rastan 31 km · Tallbīsah 35 km · Şūrān 42 km · Ţayyibat al Imām 42 km · Homs 44 km · Ḩalfāyā 49 km · Maharda 51 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 As Salamīyah (35.0113°, 37.0532°, elevation 461 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).