Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Idlib: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In August its highs average 33.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Idlib, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Idlib is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.5 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Antakya in AugustTurkey · 53 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 56 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Samandağ in AugustTurkey · 61 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- İskenderun in AugustTurkey · 84 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AugustTurkey · 86 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 88 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in AugustSyria · 90 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 93 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 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.