Ḩamāh
City in Syria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hama, Cityscape 2, Syria: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ḩamāh is a city in Syria, in Hama. About 460,602 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Syria in our atlas.
It lies at 35.13° N, 36.76° E, about 270 m (886 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Damascus time zone.
Location
Red dot: Ḩamāh. Green dots: other major cities of Syria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ḩamāh has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 2°C (36°F). Around 328 mm (13 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 · 45 km
- Ţarţūs · 84 km
- Idlib · 89 km
- Latakia · 98 km
- Aleppo · 124 km
- Al Bāb · 154 km
- Damascus · 185 km
- Ar Raqqah · 224 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 170017 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q173545 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hama, Cityscape 2, Syria: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- AlAzamPalace at Hama1: TheRealHuldra, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hama16: TheRealHuldra, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hama Municipal Stadium, 19 May 2017: Preacher lad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
