Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Idlib: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In October its highs average 27.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Idlib, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 15th of 18 for the warmest October highs and joint 12th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Idlib is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.0°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Antakya in OctoberTurkey · 53 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Aleppo in OctoberSyria · 56 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Samandağ in OctoberTurkey · 61 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 51 mm rain
- İskenderun in OctoberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in OctoberTurkey · 86 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Latakia in OctoberSyria · 88 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in OctoberSyria · 90 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Bāb in OctoberSyria · 93 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 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.