Region · Syria
Where to stay in Rif Dimashq Governorate
This guide covers 8 destinations in Rif Dimashq Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Syria, with 1 place to stay between them. The largest by population are Douma, Jaramana and Al-Hajar al-Aswad. Across its destinations, May and October are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Damascus International Airport (DAM).
- Destinations in this guide
- 8
- Places to stay
- 1
- Comfortable in the most places
- May and October
- Main airport
- DAMDamascus International Airport
- Currency
- SYPSyrian pound
- Time zone
- Asia/Damascus
Destinations
Destinations in Rif Dimashq Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Rif Dimashq Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Rif Dimashq Governorate
1 hotel in Rif Dimashq Governorate recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Mazzeh | Darayya | 2022 |
When to go
Best time to visit Rif Dimashq Governorate
From the climate of 8 destinations in Rif Dimashq Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May and October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 8 | 11 °C | 96 mm |
| February | 0 of 8 | 13 °C | 78 mm |
| March | 4 of 8 | 16 °C | 55 mm |
| April | 5 of 8 | 21 °C | 28 mm |
| May | 8 of 8 | 27 °C | 13 mm |
| June | 3 of 8 | 31 °C | 1 mm |
| July | 0 of 8 | 33 °C | 0 mm |
| August | 0 of 8 | 33 °C | 0 mm |
| September | 3 of 8 | 31 °C | 1 mm |
| October | 8 of 8 | 26 °C | 18 mm |
| November | 4 of 8 | 18 °C | 51 mm |
| December | 0 of 8 | 12 °C | 82 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Rif Dimashq Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Rif Dimashq Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
DAM · Damascus International Airport
BEY · Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport
HFA · Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Rif Dimashq Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Syria
Nearby
Regions near Rif Dimashq Governorate
Other regions of Syria with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.