Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩasakah weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Al Ḩasakah: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 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 Al Qāmishlī (75 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Al Ḩasakah, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Ḩasakah ranks 3rd of 18 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Al Ḩasakah is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 37.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to under 1 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 Ḩasakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Qāmishlī in MaySyria · 75 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MayTurkey · 78 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Mardin in MayTurkey · 90 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Midyat in MayTurkey · 115 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MayTurkey · 119 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in MaySyria · 141 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Bismil in MayTurkey · 150 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Cizre in MayTurkey · 157 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 38 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.