Climate averages 1991–2020
Aleppo weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Aleppo: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bāb (37 km away). In March its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Aleppo, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Aleppo ranks 11th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Aleppo is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Al Bāb in MarchSyria · 37 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Idlib in MarchSyria · 56 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Kilis in MarchTurkey · 57 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Manbij in MarchSyria · 80 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Antakya in MarchTurkey · 90 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MarchTurkey · 97 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 58 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 98 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Nizip in MarchTurkey · 106 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 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.