Damascus climate — normals and trends
Damascus (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 1,043 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Damascus averages 81 frost days, 47 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Damascus has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 14 July 1954) and the coldest -24.6 °C (on 19 January 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
DamascusMaryland
- coords
- 39.29°, -77.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,043mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
47 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
6.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
47 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.6 °C
14 July 1954
Coldest day
-24.6 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
142 mm
14 September 1966
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
1 December 1974
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
19 September 2003
Hottest feels-like
45.1 °C
22 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
40.0 cm
20 March 1958
Sunniest day
14.3 h
2 July 2008
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 6.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 73 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 51 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 76 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 208 mm | +109 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 130 mm | +41 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 205 mm | +108 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 38 mm | -51 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 66 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 59 mm | -19 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 43 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 54 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Damascus?
Damascus has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 1,043 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Damascus?
The hottest day measured in Damascus between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1954, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Damascus?
The coldest day measured in Damascus between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -24.6 °C.
Does it snow in Damascus?
Yes. Damascus gets on average 51.4 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Damascus warmed?
Yes: Damascus warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Damascus?
The wettest day measured in Damascus between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1966, with 142 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Damascus?
The windiest day measured in Damascus between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1974, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Damascus?
The warmest month in Damascus is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Damascus?
Damascus receives on average 1,043 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Damascus?
Damascus gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Damascus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Damascus between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 1958, with 40.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Damascus?
Yes: Damascus has on average 47 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Damascus?
In Damascus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 22 July 2011, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 19 January 1994.
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