Ţarţūs
City in Syria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hamrat: Ahmadac at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ţarţūs is a city in Syria, in Tartus. About 458,327 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Syria in our atlas.
It lies at 34.89° N, 35.89° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Damascus time zone.
Location
Red dot: Ţarţūs. Green dots: other major cities of Syria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ţarţūs has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (58°F). Around 630 mm (25 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
- Latakia · 72 km
- Homs · 79 km
- Ḩamāh · 84 km
- Idlib · 134 km
- Damascus · 157 km
- Aleppo · 186 km
- Al Bāb · 221 km
- Ar Raqqah · 308 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 163345 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q174916 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hamrat: Ahmadac at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ruad large: NASA, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- قلعة طرطوس2: لميس الموصللي, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
