Climate averages 1991–2020
As Salamīyah weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in As Salamīyah: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ḩamāh (30 km away). In March its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as As Salamīyah, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, As Salamīyah ranks joint 6th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; As Salamīyah is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 13 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
As Salamīyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 30 | 7.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 28 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 18.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 3.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 17 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 26 | 5.7 | 9.910 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
March in nearby cities
- Ḩamāh in MarchSyria · 30 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Homs in MarchSyria · 44 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MarchSyria · 107 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Idlib in MarchSyria · 109 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MarchLebanon · 128 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Latakia in MarchSyria · 128 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Aleppo in MarchSyria · 133 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Samandağ in MarchTurkey · 154 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 103 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 As Salamīyah) is explained once on the As Salamīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.