Al Qāmishlī climate

Name: Al Qāmishlī
Address: SY

Al Qāmishlī is warmest in July, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.9 °C. January is the wettest month (75 mm) and August the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Qāmishlī averages 418 mm of rain, 177 days above 25 °C and 33 days below freezing.

Syria · population 184,231 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 40 °C
Coldest month January 0.9 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 75 mm
Least cloud August 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record December -15 °C

What to expectAl Qāmishlī through the year

Al Qāmishlī has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 10 °C in January to 40 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 177 days a year reach 25 °C, 140 of them reach 30 °C, 33 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 75 mm against 0 mm in August — 640 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	10.2 °C	75 mm	51 %
February	12.2 °C	65 mm	50 %
March	16.6 °C	68 mm	46 %
April	22.1 °C	45 mm	42 %
May	28.7 °C	25 mm	31 %
June	35.7 °C	1 mm	8 %
July	39.9 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	39.4 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	34.4 °C	1 mm	6 %
October	27.3 °C	22 mm	27 %
November	18.2 °C	44 mm	40 %
December	12.0 °C	71 mm	50 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	10.2 °C	0.9 °C	5.1 °C	18.5 °C	-9.8 °C	0	0	13
February	12.2 °C	1.7 °C	6.8 °C	22.6 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	9
March	16.6 °C	5.2 °C	11.0 °C	28.4 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	2
April	22.1 °C	9.7 °C	16.2 °C	36.5 °C	-0.7 °C	7	1	0
May	28.7 °C	15.1 °C	22.3 °C	38.1 °C	7.4 °C	24	13	0
June	35.7 °C	20.8 °C	29.0 °C	42.7 °C	13.1 °C	30	28	0
July	39.9 °C	24.6 °C	33.0 °C	46.3 °C	18.0 °C	31	31	0
August	39.4 °C	24.3 °C	32.5 °C	45.5 °C	18.2 °C	31	31	0
September	34.4 °C	19.8 °C	27.4 °C	41.6 °C	9.6 °C	30	27	0
October	27.3 °C	14.5 °C	20.8 °C	37.5 °C	4.6 °C	23	9	0
November	18.2 °C	7.0 °C	12.2 °C	27.7 °C	-3.3 °C	1	0	1
December	12.0 °C	2.6 °C	6.8 °C	26.3 °C	-14.7 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	75 mm	10	9.9 h/day	51 %	73 %	12 km/h
February	65 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	70 %	12 km/h
March	68 mm	9	12 h/day	46 %	65 %	13 km/h
April	45 mm	7	13 h/day	42 %	59 %	13 km/h
May	25 mm	4	14 h/day	31 %	47 %	14 km/h
June	1 mm	0	15 h/day	8 %	28 %	14 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	23 %	13 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	24 %	12 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	6 %	29 %	12 km/h
October	22 mm	3	11 h/day	27 %	43 %	11 km/h
November	44 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	61 %	11 km/h
December	71 mm	9	9.6 h/day	50 %	71 %	11 km/h

How Al Qāmishlī compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Qāmishlī	40 °C	0.9 °C	418 mm	177
Kızıltepe · Turkey	40 °C	0.8 °C	413 mm	175
Al Ḩasakah · Syria	41 °C	2.0 °C	291 mm	191
Batman · Turkey	38 °C	-0.5 °C	673 mm	160
Diyarbakır · Turkey	38 °C	-1.6 °C	636 mm	154
Viranşehir · Turkey	39 °C	1.2 °C	428 mm	171
Sumayl · Iraq	40 °C	0.5 °C	480 mm	176

Where Al Qāmishlī ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Asia in August	47th of 50	39 °C
The driest places in Asia in August	50th of 50	0.1 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Qāmishlī.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Qāmishlī’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Qāmishlī?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Qāmishlī get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 140 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 33 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Al Qāmishlī?

January, averaging 75 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 418 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Qāmishlī rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 37.052°, 41.231° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.