Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bāb weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Al Bāb: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aleppo (37 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Al Bāb, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Bāb ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Al Bāb is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Aleppo in MarchSyria · 37 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Manbij in MarchSyria · 43 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Kilis in MarchTurkey · 53 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Nizip in MarchTurkey · 75 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MarchTurkey · 78 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Idlib in MarchSyria · 93 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Suruç in MarchTurkey · 105 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in MarchSyria · 110 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 25 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.