As-Suwayda weather in April

In April, As-Suwayda sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 16 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is As-Suwayda's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As-Suwayda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:10 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

As-Suwayda is city in Syria.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical April day in As-Suwayda reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

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

How April really feels in As-Suwayda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

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

As-Suwayda weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 3°	46	8.5	0.9	10.1	3.5
Feb	13° / 4°	44	8.6	1	10.8	4.1
Mar	17° / 6°	35	7.1	0.2	11.8	6.0
Apr	22° / 9°	16	4.3	0	12.8	7.9
May	27° / 13°	8	2	0	13.7	8.4
Jun	30° / 16°	1	0.3	0	14.1	6.9
Jul	32° / 18°	2	0.5	0	13.9	5.7
Aug	32° / 18°	1	0.4	0	13.2	5.5
Sep	30° / 16°	2	0.8	0	12.2	6.6
Oct	26° / 13°	8	2.2	0	11.2	8.3
Nov	20° / 8°	20	4.4	0	10.3	7.4
Dec	14° / 5°	30	6.2	0.2	9.9	4.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up 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
Clearer (%)	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80
Cloudier (%)	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

As-Suwayda gets around 16 mm of rain over 4.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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
Rain chance (%)	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:08 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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:29	5:47
2	12.3	5:28	5:48
3	12.4	5:27	5:49
4	12.4	5:25	5:50
5	12.4	5:24	5:50
6	12.5	5:23	5:51
7	12.5	5:21	5:52
8	12.5	5:20	5:52
9	12.6	5:19	5:53
10	12.6	5:17	5:54
11	12.6	5:16	5:55
12	12.7	5:15	5:55
13	12.7	5:14	5:56
14	12.7	5:12	5:57
15	12.8	5:11	5:57
16	12.8	5:10	5:58
17	12.8	5:09	5:59
18	12.9	5:07	6:00
19	12.9	5:06	6:00
20	12.9	5:05	6:01
21	13.0	5:04	6:02
22	13.0	5:03	6:03
23	13.0	5:01	6:03
24	13.1	5:00	6:04
25	13.1	4:59	6:05
26	13.1	4:58	6:05
27	13.2	4:57	6:06
28	13.2	4:56	6:07
29	13.2	4:55	6:08
30	13.2	4:54	6:08

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.58 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0
Level	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.6	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit As-Suwayda?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit As-Suwayda for general sightseeing.

What to pack for As-Suwayda in April

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

In April, As-Suwayda sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in As-Suwayda in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in As-Suwayda peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	7	10	11	11	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in As-Suwayda in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in As-Suwayda is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 23 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)	28	32	35	38	33	26	23	24	28	30	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	35	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	24	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is As-Suwayda?

As-Suwayda sits at 32.7°N, 36.6°E, 1,068 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Ḩirāk, 25 km away.

Topography around As-Suwayda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As-Suwayda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m around an average of 1,047 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,099 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,912 m.

The land around As-Suwayda is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), grassland (26%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

316 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

1,099 m

cropland 48%

80 km

1,912 m

bare terrain 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← March As-Suwayda year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Al Ḩirāk 25 km · Shaykh Miskīn 40 km · Dā‘il 41 km · Dar‘ā 45 km · Ţafas 47 km · Mafraq 53 km · Nawá 53 km · Inkhil 54 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 As-Suwayda (32.709°, 36.5695°, elevation 1,068 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	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	20	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	9
17	22	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	23	10
23	23	10
24	23	10
25	23	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	24	10
29	24	10
30	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	76	24
6	77	23
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20

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

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