Homs: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Homs is a city of 775,404 people in Syria, 508 m (1,667 ft) above sea level.
Key facts
Daylight in Homs runs from about 9 h 52 min a day in late December to 14 h 32 min in late June (computed for 34.72° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
No airport with scheduled passenger service sits within 100 km of Homs in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
Buses to Homs · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Gaziantep, 266 km (Turkey)
- Aleppo, 169 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Beirut, 146 km (Lebanon)
- Adana, 281 km (Turkey)
- Damascus, 141 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Amman, 316 km (Jordan)
- Jerusalem, 357 km (Israel)
- Zarqa, 301 km (Jordan)
- Latakia, 124 km — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Irbid, 254 km (Jordan)
Twin towns and sister cities: Kayseri, Yazd, Belo Horizonte, Aksaray.
Common questions
How big is Homs?
About 775,404 people live in Homs, across 48,000,000 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Homs in?
Asia/Damascus, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Homs?
The Pound (SYP). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Homs?
Gaziantep (266 km), Aleppo (169 km), Beirut (146 km), Adana (281 km), Damascus (141 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.