Climate averages 1991–2020

As Salamīyah weather
in February.

A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 14.3°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 4.6°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 28 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in As Salamīyah · average highYear overview

February is a cool month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In February its highs average 14.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than As Salamīyah, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks 7th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 13.8°C; As Salamīyah is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 24 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

As Salamīyah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for As Salamīyah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 12.5°C3.8°C3.8°C307.010.110 h
February, selected 14.3°C4.6°C4.6°C286.310.911 h
March 18.6°C7.5°C7.5°C245.811.912 h
April 23.8°C11.0°C11.0°C133.213.013 h
May 28.9°C15.0°C15.0°C122.314.014 h
June 32.8°C18.5°C18.5°C0.90.314.514 h
July 35.1°C20.7°C20.7°C0.20.014.314 h
August 35.3°C20.9°C20.9°C0.60.313.513 h
September 32.5°C18.8°C18.8°C1.20.512.412 h
October 27.3°C15.5°C15.5°C112.711.311 h
November 19.6°C9.4°C9.4°C174.110.410 h
December 14.2°C5.3°C5.3°C265.79.910 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from As Salamīyah

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for As Salamīyah) is explained once on the As Salamīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.