Aleppo climate
Aleppo is warmest in July, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.4 °C. January is the wettest month (55 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Aleppo averages 300 mm of rain, 179 days above 25 °C and 18 days below freezing.
Syria · population 2,098,210 · 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 36 °C
- Coldest month January 2.4 °C
- Driest month July 1 mm
- Wettest month January 55 mm
- Least cloud July 4 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 46 °C
- Coldest on record February -7.4 °C
What to expectAleppo through the year
Aleppo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 36 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 179 days a year reach 25 °C, 134 of them reach 30 °C, 18 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 55 mm against 1 mm in July — 86 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9 °C | 55 mm | 53 % |
| February | 12.9 °C | 49 mm | 49 % |
| March | 17.5 °C | 40 mm | 45 % |
| April | 23.0 °C | 25 mm | 42 % |
| May | 28.6 °C | 19 mm | 29 % |
| June | 33.5 °C | 3 mm | 9 % |
| July | 36.3 °C | 1 mm | 4 % |
| August | 36.3 °C | 1 mm | 5 % |
| September | 32.8 °C | 3 mm | 10 % |
| October | 26.9 °C | 19 mm | 28 % |
| November | 18.4 °C | 33 mm | 40 % |
| December | 12.4 °C | 53 mm | 53 % |
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 | 10.9 °C | 2.4 °C | 6.4 °C | 18.5 °C | -5.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| February | 12.9 °C | 3.2 °C | 7.9 °C | 25.6 °C | -7.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| March | 17.5 °C | 6.3 °C | 11.8 °C | 32.6 °C | -3.4 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 23.0 °C | 10.4 °C | 16.7 °C | 38.2 °C | 0.8 °C | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 28.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 21.9 °C | 39.9 °C | 8.8 °C | 24 | 12 | 0 |
| June | 33.5 °C | 19.1 °C | 26.2 °C | 43.1 °C | 11.2 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| July | 36.3 °C | 21.7 °C | 28.6 °C | 45.5 °C | 17.2 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| August | 36.3 °C | 22.0 °C | 28.6 °C | 44.2 °C | 18.1 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| September | 32.8 °C | 19.2 °C | 25.7 °C | 43.6 °C | 10.2 °C | 29 | 24 | 0 |
| October | 26.9 °C | 14.7 °C | 20.7 °C | 36.3 °C | 4.3 °C | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| November | 18.4 °C | 8.0 °C | 13.0 °C | 27.6 °C | -3.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 12.4 °C | 3.9 °C | 7.9 °C | 24.3 °C | -6.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 mm | 10 | 10.0 h/day | 53 % | 78 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 49 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 74 % | 17 km/h |
| March | 40 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 66 % | 19 km/h |
| April | 25 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 42 % | 58 % | 21 km/h |
| May | 19 mm | 3 | 14 h/day | 29 % | 52 % | 23 km/h |
| June | 3 mm | 1 | 15 h/day | 9 % | 48 % | 26 km/h |
| July | 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 4 % | 50 % | 28 km/h |
| August | 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 5 % | 53 % | 26 km/h |
| September | 3 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 10 % | 52 % | 21 km/h |
| October | 19 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 28 % | 54 % | 16 km/h |
| November | 33 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 40 % | 66 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 53 mm | 9 | 9.7 h/day | 53 % | 77 % | 15 km/h |
How Aleppo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleppo | 36 °C | 2.4 °C | 300 mm | 179 |
| Antakya · Turkey | 33 °C | 5.0 °C | 626 mm | 172 |
| Gaziantep · Turkey | 35 °C | -0.3 °C | 451 mm | 151 |
| İskenderun · Turkey | 33 °C | 7.6 °C | 670 mm | 169 |
| Ḩamāh · Syria | 36 °C | 3.6 °C | 235 mm | 190 |
| Osmaniye · Turkey | 33 °C | 3.3 °C | 811 mm | 164 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aleppo.
QuestionsCommon questions about Aleppo’s climate
When is the best time to visit Aleppo?
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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Aleppo get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 134 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 2.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 18 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Aleppo?
January, averaging 55 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 300 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 Aleppo 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.