Climate and average weather in Kafr Lāhā

In Kafr Lāhā, the summers are humid, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late March to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Kafr Lāhā typically varies from 4°C to 33°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 37°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Kafr Lāhā for warm-weather activities are from late March to mid June and early October to late November.

Hottest
Aug
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
83 mm
Driest
Jul
1 mm
Rain / yr
445 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
376 m
34.9°N
Clearest
Jul
6% cloud

Kafr Lāhā is village in Syria.

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

Kafr Lāhā weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late March to mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Kafr Lāhā, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.8 months, from May 23 to October 15, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Kafr Lāhā is August, with an average high of 33°C and low of 21°C.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from December 2 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Kafr Lāhā is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in September.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan134
Feb145
Mar188
Apr2211
May2715
Jun3118
Jul3321
Aug3321
Sep3219
Oct2815
Nov2010
Dec156

How hot and cold Kafr Lāhā really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Kafr Lāhā feels like about 35°C (around August 12). About 73 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan131324
Feb141435
Mar181868
Apr22221111
May27271515
Jun31311818
Jul33332121
Aug34332121
Sep32321919
Oct28281515
Nov2020910
Dec151546

Average hourly temperature in Kafr Lāhā

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Kafr Lāhā weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 8312.70.49.93.4
Feb14° / 7911.30.510.74.2
Mar18° / 6810.70.111.75.9
Apr22° / 11°397.4012.97.4
May27° / 15°224.8013.87.7
Jun31° / 18°41.5014.36.4
Jul33° / 21°10.2014.15.2
Aug33° / 21°10.4013.34.7
Sep32° / 19°72.3012.25.6
Oct28° / 15°275.9011.17.1
Nov20° / 10°437.6010.27.0
Dec15° / 7110.70.19.74.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Kafr Lāhā gets about 445 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.4 months, from around Oct 20 to May 2, peaking in February at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 16.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 83 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 14 · 42%Aug 16 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4013
Feb4011
Mar3511
Apr257
May155
Jun52
Jul10
Aug10
Sep72
Oct196
Nov268
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Kafr Lāhā collects about 445 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 83 mm, while July is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec83796839224117274371
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan83130
Feb79111
Mar68110
Apr3970
May2250
Jun420
Jul100
Aug100
Sep720
Oct2760
Nov4380
Dec71110

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Kafr Lāhā, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 7 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around October 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 25 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around May 6. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 46% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 19 · 100%Jan 6 · 53%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5446
Feb5644
Mar6337
Apr7030
May8515
Jun991
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep982
Oct8515
Nov7030
Dec5644

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 7, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.96:464:40
Feb10.76:285:09
Mar11.75:525:36
Apr12.95:086:01
May13.84:366:25
Jun14.34:246:44
Jul14.14:366:44
Aug13.34:586:18
Sep12.25:225:35
Oct11.15:464:52
Nov10.26:154:23
Dec9.76:404:20

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Kafr Lāhā averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.4 months, from around May 11 to Oct 20. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 11 sunny days — about 64% fewer than the August peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 2630 daysFeb 1510 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr15Bright
May22Bright
Jun28Brilliant
Jul31Brilliant
Aug31Brilliant
Sep28Brilliant
Oct22Bright
Nov15Bright
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Kafr Lāhā, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around June 13 to October 6. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 92% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 7 to June 12, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 26 · 100%Aug 14 · 5%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr982000
May7523200
Jun26432930
Jul41448331
Aug1743482
Sep142646140
Oct49371310
Nov937000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Kafr Lāhā is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 6 to Sep 12. The windiest month is July, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 13 to Mar 5, with October the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 19 · 14 km/hOct 22 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb9calm
Mar10calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun13light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep10calm
Oct8calm
Nov7calm
Dec8calm

Best time to visit Kafr Lāhā

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Kafr Lāhā throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early June, Kafr Lāhā is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Kafr Lāhā for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to mid June and again from early October to late November, with a peak score in the last week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 30 · 7.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.5poor
Feb4.2fair
Mar5.9good
Apr7.3good
May7.6ideal
Jun6.4good
Jul5.2fair
Aug4.7fair
Sep5.6good
Oct7.1good
Nov6.9good
Dec4.4fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Kafr Lāhā for hot-weather activities is from early May to late October, with a peak score in the first week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 7 · 9.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Kafr Lāhā, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Kafr Lāhā sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Kafr Lāhā

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 57 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 4 to Dec 23 — about 7.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index (midday) in Kafr Lāhā by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kafr Lāhā peaks around June 20 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 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 20UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Kafr Lāhā

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb30
Mar4.50
Apr6.52.5
May84.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep74
Oct5.50
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in Kafr Lāhā by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Kafr Lāhā 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
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Kafr Lāhā is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan9312
Feb958
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec960

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Kafr Lāhā banks about 3,095 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb9
Mar90
Apr198
May336
Jun433
Jul520
Aug537
Sep458
Oct353
Nov147
Dec13

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Kafr Lāhā receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 7.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 24 to Sep 26. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.5 kWh/m² — roughly 68% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 287.9 kWhDec 202.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.7Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar5.0Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May7.2Intense
Jun7.8Intense
Jul7.7Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov3.2Moderate
Dec2.5Moderate

Where is Kafr Lāhā?

Kafr Lāhā sits at 34.9°N, 36.5°E, 376 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ar Rastan, 22 km away.

ŞāfītāḨamāhMaharda

Topography around Kafr Lāhā

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kafr Lāhā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 384 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,078 m.

The land around Kafr Lāhā is covered by cropland (84%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
709 m
80 km
3,078 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Ar Rastan 22 km · Tallbīsah 22 km · Maşyāf 24 km · Homs 28 km · Tallkalakh 33 km · Şāfītā 35 km · Ḩamāh 36 km · Maharda 40 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 Kafr Lāhā (34.8947°, 36.4958°, elevation 376 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).