Damascus vs Amman: which is sunnier?
🇸🇾 Syria vs 🇯🇴 Jordan · 194 km apart · long-term climate normals (NASA POWER, 2001–2020)
Amman is the sunnier overall: about 3,559 hours of sunshine a year to Damascus's 3,468. Amman has the higher Sunshine Score in 9 of 12 months; the other 3 are within 2 points.
Scores are the 0–100 Sunshine Score — sunshine, daytime warmth and dryness in one number, per month.
At a glance
| Damascus | Amman | |
|---|---|---|
| Sunshine hours / year | 3,468 | 3,559 |
| Sunniest month | May (99/100) | May (99/100) |
| Nov–Feb average score | 57/100 | 64/100 |
| Jun–Aug average score | 50/100 | 73/100 |
| Rain / year | 288 mm | 141 mm |
| Peak midday UV | 11 (extreme) | 12 (extreme) |
Damascus vs Amman month by month
| Month | Sunshine Score | Day high °C | Rain mm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus | Amman | Damascus | Amman | Damascus | Amman | |
| January | 36 | 39 | 13° | 13° | 69 | 35 |
| February | 45 | 63 | 14° | 16° | 57 | 33 |
| March | 87 | 97 | 19° | 20° | 29 | 18 |
| April | 96 | 98 | 24° | 25° | 18 | 9 |
| May | 99 | 99 | 30° | 30° | 7 | 3 |
| June | 70 | 80 | 35° | 34° | 1 | 0 |
| July | 40 | 70 | 38° | 35° | 0 | 0 |
| August | 40 | 70 | 38° | 35° | 0 | 1 |
| September | 80 | 90 | 34° | 33° | 2 | 1 |
| October | 97 | 99 | 28° | 28° | 13 | 4 |
| November | 93 | 98 | 20° | 21° | 35 | 13 |
| December | 52 | 56 | 15° | 15° | 57 | 24 |
The sunnier month by month: Jan Amman · Feb Amman · Mar Amman · Apr even · May even · Jun Amman · Jul Amman · Aug Amman · Sep Amman · Oct even · Nov Amman · Dec Amman.
When to pick which
- November–February: Amman (average score 64/100 vs 57). Daytime highs are similar (16°C vs 16°C). See the winter sun ranking.
- March–May: Amman (average score 98/100 vs 94). Daytime highs are similar (24°C vs 25°C).
- June–August: Amman (average score 73/100 vs 50). Damascus is the warmer, around 37°C daytime highs vs 35°C.
- September–October: Amman (average score 95/100 vs 89). Daytime highs are similar (31°C vs 31°C).
Full month-by-month guides: Damascus weather by month · Amman weather by month.
More comparisons: Damascus vs Tel Aviv · Damascus vs Beirut · Amman vs Tel Aviv · Amman vs Beirut · Amman vs Al-Jawf · all head-to-heads