Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Idlib: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In February its highs average 14.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Idlib, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks joint 12th of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 13th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 13.8°C; Idlib is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Antakya in FebruaryTurkey · 53 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Aleppo in FebruarySyria · 56 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Samandağ in FebruaryTurkey · 61 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 116 mm rain
- İskenderun in FebruaryTurkey · 84 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in FebruaryTurkey · 86 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Latakia in FebruarySyria · 88 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 9.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in FebruarySyria · 90 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Al Bāb in FebruarySyria · 93 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 42 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.