Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bāb weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Al Bāb: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aleppo (37 km away). In August its highs average 36.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Al Bāb, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Bāb ranks 7th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Al Bāb is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al Bāb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 42 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 34 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 22 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 33.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 37.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 29 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 49 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 37 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 43 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kilis in AugustTurkey · 53 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 75 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 78 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 93 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Suruç in AugustTurkey · 105 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in AugustSyria · 110 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Bāb) is explained once on the Al Bāb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.