Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Idlib: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In January its highs average 12.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Idlib, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Idlib is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Antakya in JanuaryTurkey · 53 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Aleppo in JanuarySyria · 56 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Samandağ in JanuaryTurkey · 61 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 131 mm rain
- İskenderun in JanuaryTurkey · 84 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in JanuaryTurkey · 86 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Latakia in JanuarySyria · 88 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 9.0°C · 226 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in JanuarySyria · 90 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Bāb in JanuarySyria · 93 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.3°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.