Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Idlib: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In April its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Idlib, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 17th of 18 for the warmest April highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 23.3°C; Idlib is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Idlib climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 61 | 10.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 50 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.9°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 40 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 25 | 5.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 31.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.2 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 19 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 59 | 9.2 | 9.810 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
April in nearby cities
- Antakya in AprilTurkey · 53 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Aleppo in AprilSyria · 56 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Samandağ in AprilTurkey · 61 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 76 mm rain
- İskenderun in AprilTurkey · 84 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AprilTurkey · 86 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Latakia in AprilSyria · 88 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in AprilSyria · 90 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AprilSyria · 93 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.4°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 Idlib) is explained once on the Idlib year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.