Climate averages 1991–2020
Latakia weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Latakia: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (63 km away). In March its highs average 18.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Latakia, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Latakia ranks 12th of 18 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Latakia is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Samandağ in MarchTurkey · 63 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in MarchSyria · 72 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Antakya in MarchTurkey · 82 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Idlib in MarchSyria · 88 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Ḩamāh in MarchSyria · 98 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MarchTurkey · 98 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Tripoli, Lebanon in MarchLebanon · 122 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.9°C · 93 mm rain
- İskenderun in MarchTurkey · 122 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 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.