Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Idlib: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Idlib, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Idlib is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 3.2 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 53 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 56 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 61 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 84 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 86 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 88 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MaySyria · 90 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MaySyria · 93 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 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.