Your holiday weather, at a glance

Syria in May: where is it warmest?

In May, Raqqa is the warmest place with 32 °C by day, Latakia the coolest with 24 °C. 6 of 6 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in May, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Raqqa	70	32°	–	10 h	2
Palmyra	77	31°	–	10 h	1
Aleppo	86	29°	–	9 h	3
Homs	93	28°	–	10 h	2
Damascus	91	28°	–	10 h	1
Latakia	91	24°	21°	9 h	7

Syria in May: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in May are Raqqa (32 °C), Palmyra (31 °C) and Aleppo (29 °C).

Syria in May: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Latakia (21 °C).

Syria in May: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in May – warm, sunny and dry – is in Homs, Damascus and Latakia.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences