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Satellite view of Shāţi’ al Aḩlām; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Shāţi’ al Aḩlām

SyriaTartus · Syria · Mediterranean Sea

34.8633, 35.8870 · Ţarţūs, 3 km

  • 28°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 12.5 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Shāţi’ al Aḩlām. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Shāţi’ al Aḩlām in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 7.9 hSunshine a day
  • 6 daysRainy days in the month42 mm in total
  • 14 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 38Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 60 kmAirport: Latakia International Airport (LTK)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.7 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September28 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°4 h140 mm
  2. Feb17°6 h101 mm
  3. Mar17°8 h62 mm
  4. Apr18°9 h34 mm
  5. May21°11 h16 mm
  6. Jun25°12 h7 mm
  7. Jul27°12 h2 mm
  8. Aug28°11 h2 mm
  9. Sep28°10 h17 mm
  10. Oct26°8 h42 mm
  11. Nov23°6 h81 mm
  12. Dec20°4 h126 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 17°Mar: 17°Apr: 18°May: 21°Jun: 25°Jul: 27°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 26°Nov: 23°Dec: 20°28°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)Feb: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)Mar: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Apr: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)May: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Jun: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Jul: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Aug: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Sep: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Oct: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Nov: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Dec: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)28°16°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 140 mm140Feb: 101 mmMar: 62 mmApr: 34 mmMay: 16 mmJun: 7 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 2 mmSep: 17 mmOct: 42 mmNov: 81 mmDec: 126 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.5 h4.5Feb: 5.8 hMar: 7.8 hApr: 9.2 hMay: 11.1 hJun: 12.5 h12.5Jul: 12.1 hAug: 11.1 hSep: 9.9 hOct: 7.9 hNov: 6.2 hDec: 4.5 h4.5

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Shāţi’ al Aḩlām: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Shāţi’ al Aḩlām: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January171418140144.521
February171517101125.821
March18161762107.819
April1917183469.217
May22202116311.116
June2524257112.517
July2726272012.118
Augustwarmest sea2827282011.117
September2826281729.914
October2624264267.914
November2220238196.218
December191620126124.520

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Shāţi’ al Aḩlām: Tartus beach (1) - panoramio
Photo: Alen Ištoković · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Shāţi’ al Aḩlām: Tartus beach (2) - panoramio
Photo: Alen Ištoković · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER28 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20202 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.128 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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