Climate averages 1991–2020
Aleppo 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 Aleppo: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 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 10 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bāb (37 km away). In January its highs average 10.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Aleppo, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Aleppo ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Aleppo is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 50 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
Aleppo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Bāb in JanuarySyria · 37 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Idlib in JanuarySyria · 56 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Kilis in JanuaryTurkey · 57 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Manbij in JanuarySyria · 80 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Antakya in JanuaryTurkey · 90 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Gaziantep in JanuaryTurkey · 97 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 77 mm rain
- İskenderun in JanuaryTurkey · 98 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Nizip in JanuaryTurkey · 106 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 72 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.