Deir ez-Zor weather in August

In August, Deir ez-Zor sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Deir ez-Zor's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Deir ez-Zor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
4:43 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Deir ez-Zor is city in eastern 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 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical August day in Deir ez-Zor reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Deir ez-Zor

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
31 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.

Deir ez-Zor 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 255.69.94.1
Feb16° / 224.810.75.6
Mar21° / 10°214.511.77.6
Apr27° / 14°122.812.97.9
May33° / 20°81.613.84.6
Jun38° / 25°00.114.31.4
Jul41° / 27°0014.10.0
Aug40° / 27°00.113.30.1
Sep36° / 23°00.112.22.5
Oct30° / 18°101.711.16.4
Nov21° / 10°193.510.17.8
Dec14° / 244.99.75.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Deir ez-Zor gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1533512
2513613
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5503713
6493713
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2965323
3065323
3167312

Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
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1120light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 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 4:31 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.84:316:19
213.84:326:19
313.74:336:18
413.74:346:17
513.74:356:16
613.74:356:15
713.64:366:14
813.64:376:13
913.64:386:12
1013.54:396:11
1113.54:396:10
1213.54:406:08
1313.44:416:07
1413.44:426:06
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1613.34:436:04
1713.34:446:03
1813.34:456:01
1913.24:466:00
2013.24:465:59
2113.24:475:58
2213.14:485:56
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2413.14:505:54
2513.04:505:52
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2713.04:525:50
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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 7.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Deir ez-Zor

In seasonPeak

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

Deir ez-Zor sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Deir ez-Zor?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Deir ez-Zor.

What to pack for Deir ez-Zor in August

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

In August, Deir ez-Zor sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Deir ez-Zor in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Deir ez-Zor peaks around June 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 highModerateJun 14UV 9Jan 13UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Deir ez-Zor 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 Deir ez-Zor is worst in July — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 29 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1955 µg/m³Nov 2030 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar44Poor
Apr43Poor
May48Poor
Jun49Poor
Jul55Unhealthy
Aug52Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct37Poor
Nov29Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Deir ez-Zor?

Deir ez-Zor sits at 35.3°N, 40.1°E, 210 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Mayādīn, 45 km away.

Al MayādīnSubaykhānHajīnĀlbū KamālAr RaqqahAl Qā’imAl ḨasakahAl-Tabqa

Topography around Deir ez-Zor

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Deir ez-Zor.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Deir ez-Zor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 215 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 684 m.

The land around Deir ez-Zor is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and bare terrain (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (56%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
684 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Al Mayādīn 45 km · Subaykhān 68 km · Hajīn 95 km · Ālbū Kamāl 121 km · Ar Raqqah 123 km · Al Qā’im 130 km · Al Ḩasakah 141 km · Al-Tabqa 154 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 Deir ez-Zor (35.3359°, 40.1408°, elevation 210 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).