Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Idlib: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In March its highs average 18.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Idlib, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Idlib is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Antakya in MarchTurkey · 53 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Aleppo in MarchSyria · 56 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Samandağ in MarchTurkey · 61 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 103 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 84 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 86 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Latakia in MarchSyria · 88 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MarchSyria · 90 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MarchSyria · 93 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 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.