Dar‘ā weather in August

In August, Dar‘ā sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dar‘ā's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dar‘ā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:03 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Dar‘ā is City in southwestern 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dar‘ā reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Dar‘ā

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.

Dar‘ā 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 54910.14.1
Feb15° / 538.110.84.8
Mar18° / 396.511.86.7
Apr23° / 11°173.712.88.2
May28° / 14°8213.77.7
Jun31° / 17°10.114.16.0
Jul33° / 19°0013.94.9
Aug33° / 20°0013.24.8
Sep32° / 18°20.612.25.9
Oct28° / 15°102.411.27.7
Nov21° / 10°254.810.37.7
Dec16° / 396.69.95.4

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 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dar‘ā 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 humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:53 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:536:30
213.64:546:30
313.64:546:29
413.54:556:28
513.54:566:27
613.54:566:26
713.54:576:25
813.44:586:24
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1113.45:006:21
1213.35:016:20
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1413.35:026:18
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1713.25:046:15
1813.25:056:14
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2013.15:066:11
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3012.85:135:59
3112.75:135:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is August a good time to visit Dar‘ā?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Dar‘ā for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dar‘ā in August

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

In August, Dar‘ā sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dar‘ā 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 Dar‘ā peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Dar‘ā 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 Dar‘ā is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 31 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 2250 µg/m³Jul 2031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr50Poor
May43Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec47Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Dar‘ā?

Dar‘ā sits at 32.6°N, 36.1°E, 489 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ar Ramthā, 11 km away.

Topography around Dar‘ā

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dar‘ā.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dar‘ā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 522 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,313 m.

The land around Dar‘ā is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), cropland (34%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
472 m
80 km
2,313 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ar Ramthā 11 km · Ţafas 14 km · Dā‘il 15 km · Shaykh Miskīn 24 km · Al Ḩirāk 24 km · Irbid 25 km · Aydūn 26 km · Nawá 30 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 Dar‘ā (32.6189°, 36.1021°, elevation 489 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).