Climate averages 1991–2020
Aleppo weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Aleppo: daytime highs average 36.3°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bāb (37 km away). In August its highs average 37.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Aleppo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Aleppo ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Aleppo is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Aleppo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 9.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 6.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 19 | 3.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 33.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 36.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 19 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 33 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 37 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 56 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kilis in AugustTurkey · 57 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 80 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Antakya in AugustTurkey · 90 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 97 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- İskenderun in AugustTurkey · 98 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 106 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 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 Aleppo) is explained once on the Aleppo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.