Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩasakah weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Al Ḩasakah: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qāmishlī (75 km away). In January its highs average 10.2°C, 1.4°C cooler than Al Ḩasakah, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Ḩasakah ranks 10th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Al Ḩasakah is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
January 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 Ḩasakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 47 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 40.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 35.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 33 | 5.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 49 | 8.0 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Qāmishlī in JanuarySyria · 75 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in JanuaryTurkey · 78 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Mardin in JanuaryTurkey · 90 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Midyat in JanuaryTurkey · 115 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Viranşehir in JanuaryTurkey · 119 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in JanuarySyria · 141 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Bismil in JanuaryTurkey · 150 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Cizre in JanuaryTurkey · 157 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 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 Ḩasakah) is explained once on the Al Ḩasakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.