Redigerer Damaskus (avsnitt)

=== Klima ===
Damaskus har et varmt [[tørt klima]] ([[Köppens klimaklassifisering|Köppen]] ''BSH''), på grunn av [[regnskygge]]effekten av Anti-Libanonfjellene<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.climates.com/ASIA/PDF/SYR02ASA.pdf |title=SUNSHINE GUIDE TO THE DAMASCUS AREA, SYRIA|last=Tyson|first=Patrick J.|year=2010|publisher=www.climates.com |accessdate=26. november 2010|ref=harv}}</ref> og de rådende havstrømmene. Somrene er tørre og varme med mindre fuktighet. Vintrene er milde og forholdsvis regnfulle, noen ganger med snø. Årlig nedbør er rundt 220 mm som i hovedsak faller fra september til mai.
{{Weather box
|location = Damascus
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 21
|Feb record high C = 30
|Mar record high C = 28
|Apr record high C = 35
|May record high C = 38
|Jun record high C = 39
|Jul record high C = 42
|Aug record high C = 45
|Sep record high C = 39
|Oct record high C = 34
|Nov record high C = 30
|Dec record high C = 21
|year record high C = 45
|Jan high C = 12.6
|Feb high C = 14.8
|Mar high C = 18.9
|Apr high C = 24.5
|May high C = 29.7
|Jun high C = 34.2
|Jul high C = 36.5
|Aug high C = 36.2
|Sep high C = 33.4
|Oct high C = 28.0
|Nov high C = 20.3
|Dec high C = 14.2
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 0.4
|Feb low C = 1.3
|Mar low C = 3.7
|Apr low C = 7.0
|May low C = 10.5
|Jun low C = 14.2
|Jul low C = 16.9
|Aug low C = 16.5
|Sep low C = 13.0
|Oct low C = 8.9
|Nov low C = 4.0
|Dec low C = 1.3
|year low C = 10.5
|Jan record low C = -6
|Feb record low C = -5
|Mar record low C = -2
|Apr record low C = -1
|May record low C = 7
|Jun record low C = 9
|Jul record low C = 13
|Aug record low C = 13
|Sep record low C = 10
|Oct record low C = 6
|Nov record low C = -2
|Dec record low C = -5
|year record low C = -6
|Jan precipitation mm = 27.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 22.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 16.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 7.9
|May precipitation mm = 3.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 0.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 0
|Aug precipitation mm = 0
|Sep precipitation mm = 0.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 7.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 21.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 25.8
|year precipitation mm = 133.6
|unit precipitation days = 0.1&nbsp;mm
|Jan precipitation days= 7
|Feb precipitation days= 7
|Mar precipitation days= 5
|Apr precipitation days= 3
|May precipitation days= 1
|Jun precipitation days= 0
|Jul precipitation days= 0
|Aug precipitation days= 0
|Sep precipitation days= 0
|Oct precipitation days= 2
|Nov precipitation days= 4
|Dec precipitation days= 6
|year precipitation days = 
|Jan sun= 164.3
|Feb sun= 182.0
|Mar sun= 226.3
|Apr sun= 249.0
|May sun= 322.4
|Jun sun= 357.0
|Jul sun= 365.8
|Aug sun= 353.4
|Sep sun= 306.0
|Oct sun= 266.6
|Nov sun= 207.0
|Dec sun= 164.3
|source 1 = BBC Weather<ref name="weather1">{{Cite web 
 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT002850 
 |title=Average Conditions Damascus, Syria 
 |accessdate=3. november 2010 
 |publisher=BBC Weather 
 |date=juli 2011 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060212201522/http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT002850 
 |archivedate=2006-02-12 
 |url-status=dead 
 }} {{Wayback|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT002850 |date=20060212201522 }}</ref>
|date=november 2010
|source 2 = [[World Meteorological Organization]],<ref name="WMO">{{Cite web
| url=http://www.worldweather.org/099/c00213.htm
| title= World Weather Information Service - Damascus
| publisher= World Meteorological Organization
}}</ref>
}}