Tadmur weather in August

In August, Tadmur sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 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 37°C in the first days to 36°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 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tadmur's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tadmur's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
4:52 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Tadmur is ancient city in Homs Governorate, 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 37°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tadmur reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Tadmur

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.

Tadmur 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
Jan12° / 174.69.93.5
Feb14° / 143.410.75.0
Mar19° / 163.611.77.3
Apr24° / 11°8212.88.5
May30° / 16°5113.86.5
Jun35° / 20°00.114.33.8
Jul37° / 23°0014.12.1
Aug37° / 22°0013.32.2
Sep33° / 19°00.112.24.7
Oct27° / 14°5111.18.0
Nov19° / 112.610.27.4
Dec13° / 143.79.74.4

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

Tadmur 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 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 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
167294
265305
365305
464315
563325
663325
762335
862335
962335
1063334
1163334
1263334
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:40 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.74:406:25
213.74:416:25
313.74:426:24
413.74:436:23
513.64:436:22
613.64:446:21
713.64:456:20
813.64:466:19
913.54:466:18
1013.54:476:17
1113.54:486:16
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1313.44:506:14
1413.44:506:12
1513.34:516:11
1613.34:526:10
1713.34:536:09
1813.24:536:08
1913.24:546:07
2013.24:556:05
2113.14:566:04
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2313.14:576:01
2413.04:586:00
2513.04:595:59
2613.04:595:58
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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 7.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.79 kWh/m² to a high of 8.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.9Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tadmur

In seasonPeak

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

Tadmur sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Tadmur?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tadmur.

What to pack for Tadmur in August

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

In August, Tadmur sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tadmur 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 Tadmur peaks around June 16 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 16UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tadmur 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 Tadmur is worst in May — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 28 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1446 µg/m³Nov 2028 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar42Poor
Apr44Poor
May47Poor
Jun42Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep36Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tadmur?

Tadmur sits at 34.6°N, 38.3°E, 418 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Qaryatayn, 103 km away.

Al QaryataynAs SalamīyahHomsAl-TabqaRukbanTallbīsahAr RastanQārah

Topography around Tadmur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tadmur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 423 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,039 m.

The land around Tadmur is covered by bare terrain (68%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
561 m
80 km
1,039 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Al Qaryatayn 103 km · As Salamīyah 123 km · Homs 144 km · Al-Tabqa 144 km · Rukban 144 km · Tallbīsah 145 km · Ar Rastan 147 km · Qārah 149 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 Tadmur (34.5624°, 38.284°, elevation 418 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).