Climate averages 1991–2020
Aleppo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Aleppo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bāb (37 km away). In May its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Aleppo, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Aleppo ranks joint 10th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Aleppo is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 3.5 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Bāb in MaySyria · 37 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 56 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Kilis in MayTurkey · 57 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Manbij in MaySyria · 80 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 90 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MayTurkey · 97 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 29 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 98 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 106 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 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.