Climate averages 1991–2020
Idlib weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Idlib: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (53 km away). In September its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Idlib, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Idlib ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest September highs and 16th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 32.7°C; Idlib is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Antakya in SeptemberTurkey · 53 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Aleppo in SeptemberSyria · 56 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Samandağ in SeptemberTurkey · 61 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 26 mm rain
- İskenderun in SeptemberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in SeptemberTurkey · 86 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Latakia in SeptemberSyria · 88 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in SeptemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Al Bāb in SeptemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.6 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.