When To Travel
You will travel preferably between the cold and hot seasons, (lasting respectively, between December-February
and July-August), as winter is rather hard except along the coast where the climate is relatively mild but very
humid.
In summer, the excessively hot temperature will make the visit of cities and sites an ordeal, and the humidity
around the sea areas is not very pleasant.
Temperatures of 38 degrees C (100.4 degrees F) are commonplace in Aleppo, reaching 40 degrees C (104 degrees F)
in July and August. Similar day temperatures occur in Damascus, but on account of the high altitude, the evenings
are mild: thanks to the nearby desert, differences in temperature of 16-18 degrees (C) and 60.8-64.4 degrees (F)
occur between day and night.
If you have the choice, April and May (March can also be an enchanting month with the orchards in bloom) or mid-September
to mid-November are good times to make a visit. There is some risk of rain in the last fortnight of November.
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