Dūmā weather in April

In April, Dūmā sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.3 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 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Dūmā's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dūmā's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
7th warmest
Overnight low
10°
6th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:10 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
31%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Dūmā is city in Syria.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical April day in Dūmā reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1218
2218
3229
4229
5229
6229
7239
8239
9239
10239
112310
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How April really feels in Dūmā

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Dūmā 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 245103.8
Feb14° / 184.310.85.0
Mar19° / 133.111.77.4
Apr24° / 10°41.312.88.7
May29° / 14°4113.77.0
Jun34° / 17°0014.24.3
Jul36° / 19°00142.6
Aug36° / 20°0013.22.7
Sep33° / 18°00.112.24.9
Oct27° / 14°30.911.28.0
Nov20° / 112.510.37.6
Dec14° / 173.79.84.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27822
38020
48020
58020
68119
78119
88218
98317
108317
118416
128416
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308416

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Dūmā gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.3 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 5% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
17
26
36
46
55
65
75
85
94
104
114
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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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
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410calm
510calm
610calm
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910calm
1010calm
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:10 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:305:48
212.35:285:49
312.45:275:50
412.45:265:51
512.55:245:51
612.55:235:52
712.55:215:53
812.65:205:54
912.65:195:54
1012.65:175:55
1112.75:165:56
1212.75:155:57
1312.75:135:57
1412.85:125:58
1512.85:115:59
1612.85:106:00
1712.95:086:00
1812.95:076:01
1912.95:066:02
2013.05:056:03
2113.05:036:03
2213.05:026:04
2313.15:016:05
2413.15:006:06
2513.14:596:06
2613.24:586:07
2713.24:566:08
2813.24:556:09
2913.34:546:10
3013.34:536:10

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.3Intense
56.3Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.5Intense
106.5Intense
116.6Intense
126.6Intense
136.6Intense
146.7Intense
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237.0Intense
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267.0Intense
277.1Intense
287.1Intense
297.1Intense
307.2Intense
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Dūmā?

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

8.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Dūmā for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dūmā in April

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

In April, Dūmā sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Dūmā 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 Dūmā 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Dūmā 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 Dūmā is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 23 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1437 µg/m³Jul 2023 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr37Poor
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dūmā?

Dūmā sits at 33.6°N, 36.4°E, 660 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ḩarastā, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Dūmā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dūmā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m around an average of 661 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,034 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,858 m.

The land around Dūmā is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (36%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
165 m
16 km
1,034 m
80 km
2,858 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
April weather nearby: Ḩarastā 4.0 km · ‘Irbīn 5.0 km · At Tall 10 km · Jaramānā 11 km · Damascus 12 km · Babīlā 13 km · al-Yarmūk 15 km · Dārayyā 20 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 Dūmā (33.5718°, 36.4027°, elevation 660 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).