Climate guideThirty-year normals for Afrin
Afrin climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation465 mm82 wet days a year
36.51° N, 36.87° EElevation 229 mUTC+3
When to goAfrin · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low29° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Afrin has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 38° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 13° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 465 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (79 mm, 12 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in July to 36% in January.
Compared with Damascus, the capital, Afrin is 1.3° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · August
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 38 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 41 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 13° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 30° | 35° | 37° | 38° | 34° | 29° | 21° | 14° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 79 mm | 73 mm | 60 mm | 39 mm | 24 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 31 mm | 64 mm | 79 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 10.2 |
| Cloud cover | 36% | 32% | 29% | 27% | 17% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 16% | 27% | 34% |
| Daylight | 9h 56 | 10h 51 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 06 | 14h 38 | 14h 25 | 13h 35 | 12h 27 | 11h 18 | 10h 15 | 9h 41 |
| Month score | 41 | 57 | 78 | 80 | 64 | 52 | 55 | 54 | 51 | 69 | 82 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Afrin in every month
January41
13° / 3°
79 mm · 11.6 wet days
February57
15° / 4°
73 mm · 10.6 wet days
March78
19° / 7°
60 mm · 9.4 wet days
April80
24° / 11°
39 mm · 8.6 wet days
May64
30° / 15°
24 mm · 7.2 wet days
June52
35° / 19°
6 mm · 3.4 wet days
July55
37° / 23°
1 mm · 1.1 wet day
August54
38° / 23°
2 mm · 1.7 wet days
September51
34° / 19°
7 mm · 4.2 wet days
October69
29° / 15°
31 mm · 6.3 wet days
November82
21° / 8°
64 mm · 7.5 wet days
December53
14° / 5°
79 mm · 10.2 wet days