Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Idlib: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In December its highs average 14.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Idlib, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 14th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Idlib is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Antakya in DecemberTurkey · 53 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 56 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 61 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 86 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 88 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in DecemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Al Bāb in DecemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 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.