Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qāmishlī 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 Qāmishlī: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midyat (42 km away). In January its highs average 6.8°C, 3.4°C cooler than Al Qāmishlī, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Qāmishlī ranks joint 17th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Al Qāmishlī is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 64 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 Qāmishlī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 10.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 72 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 40.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 68 | 8.3 | 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
- Midyat in JanuaryTurkey · 42 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Mardin in JanuaryTurkey · 52 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in JanuaryTurkey · 60 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in JanuarySyria · 75 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Cizre in JanuaryTurkey · 90 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Batman in JanuaryTurkey · 93 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Bismil in JanuaryTurkey · 102 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Silopi in JanuaryTurkey · 111 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 105 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 Qāmishlī) is explained once on the Al Qāmishlī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.