Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bāb weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Al Bāb: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aleppo (37 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Al Bāb, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Bāb ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Al Bāb is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 37 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Manbij in MaySyria · 43 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Kilis in MayTurkey · 53 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 75 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MayTurkey · 78 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 93 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Suruç in MayTurkey · 105 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in MaySyria · 110 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 10 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.