Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Latakia: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In April its highs average 21.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than Latakia, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 23.3°C; Latakia is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Latakia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 226 | 14.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 161 | 11.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 116 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 75 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 41 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 3.4 | 14.515 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 4.3 | 1.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 24 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 66 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 231 | 12.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Samandağ in AprilTurkey · 63 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in AprilSyria · 72 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Antakya in AprilTurkey · 82 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Idlib in AprilSyria · 88 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in AprilSyria · 98 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AprilTurkey · 98 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in AprilLebanon · 122 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 38 mm rain
- İskenderun in AprilTurkey · 122 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 63 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 Latakia) is explained once on the Latakia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.