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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Aleppo
Aleppo climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation368 mm71 wet days a year
36.20° N, 37.16° EElevation 401 mUTC+3
When to goAleppo · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low28° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Aleppo has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 37° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 368 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (62 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in July to 35% in January.
Compared with Damascus, the capital, Aleppo is 0.4° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 37° · July
- Coldest nights
- 2° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 36 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 43 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 | 11° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 34° | 37° | 37° | 33° | 28° | 19° | 12° |
| Average low | 2° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 7° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 62 mm | 58 mm | 50 mm | 34 mm | 21 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 5 mm | 25 mm | 50 mm | 57 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.3 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 7 | 9.7 |
| Cloud cover | 35% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 15% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 15% | 26% | 34% |
| Daylight | 9h 57 | 10h 52 | 11h 55 | 13h 06 | 14h 04 | 14h 36 | 14h 24 | 13h 34 | 12h 27 | 11h 19 | 10h 16 | 9h 43 |
| Month score | 33 | 50 | 78 | 81 | 70 | 57 | 57 | 56 | 59 | 77 | 84 | 45 |
ivMonth by month
Aleppo in every month
January33
11° / 2°
62 mm · 11.3 wet days
February50
13° / 3°
58 mm · 9.7 wet days
March78
18° / 6°
50 mm · 8.3 wet days
April81
23° / 10°
34 mm · 8 wet days
May70
29° / 15°
21 mm · 5.2 wet days
June57
34° / 20°
4 mm · 2.1 wet days
July57
37° / 23°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
August56
37° / 23°
1 mm · 0.8 wet day
September59
33° / 19°
5 mm · 2.6 wet days
October77
28° / 14°
25 mm · 5.3 wet days
November84
19° / 7°
50 mm · 7 wet days
December45
12° / 4°
57 mm · 9.7 wet days