Damascus
Capital of Syria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Damascus coll: See above., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Damascus is the capital of Syria, in Damascus Governorate. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Syria in our atlas.
It lies at 33.51° N, 36.29° E, about 701 m (2,300 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Damascus time zone.
Location
Red dot: Damascus. Green dots: other major cities of Syria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Damascus has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (32°F). Around 287 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SyriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Homs · 141 km
- Ţarţūs · 158 km
- Ḩamāh · 185 km
- Latakia · 229 km
- Idlib · 271 km
- Aleppo · 309 km
- Al Bāb · 337 km
- Ar Raqqah · 370 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 170654 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3766 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Damascus coll: See above., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Qasiyon Damascus: Aziz1005, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Azem Palace 02: krebsmaus07, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- (قصر الشعب (دمشق: El Mono Español, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Destroyed Abbasiyyin Stadium 2: Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Syria, Damascus, Town square in Damascus: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Damasco, Omeyas (2001) 20: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1.31 Maristan Nuri Palast: Haubi|Gerhard Haubold, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Damascus Opera House: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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