Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Latakia: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In February its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Latakia, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 2nd of 18 for the warmest February highs and 18th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 13.8°C; Latakia is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Samandağ in FebruaryTurkey · 63 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in FebruarySyria · 72 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Antakya in FebruaryTurkey · 82 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Idlib in FebruarySyria · 88 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in FebruarySyria · 98 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in FebruaryTurkey · 98 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in FebruaryLebanon · 122 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 126 mm rain
- İskenderun in FebruaryTurkey · 122 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 108 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.