Afrin climate — normals and trends
Afrin has a hot-summer mediterranean climate, averaging 17.1 °C annually with 431 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
AfrinAleppo Governorate
- coords
- 36.51°, 36.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
17.1°C
Average daily high
23.6°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
431mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
126 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
69 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
45.6 °C
14 August 2023
Coldest day
-18.6 °C
5 February 1950
Wettest day
68 mm
27 March 1980
Windiest day
35.4 km/h
24 March 1975
Strongest gust
86.0 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
47.7 °C
22 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-23.5 °C
5 February 1950
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
25 June 2003
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 4 mm | -79 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 53 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 22.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 20 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 23.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| May | 30.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 23 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 35.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 36.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 37.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 26.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 25 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 23.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 7 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 15.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 60 mm | -19 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Afrin (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 431 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Afrin averages 22 frost days, 126 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 69 rainy days per year.
Afrin has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 14 August 2023) and the coldest -18.6 °C (on 5 February 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Afrin?
Afrin has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.1 °C and it receives 431 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afrin?
The hottest day measured in Afrin between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 2023, reaching 45.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Afrin?
The coldest day measured in Afrin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at -18.6 °C.
Does it snow in Afrin?
Yes. Afrin gets on average 7.1 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Afrin warmed?
Yes: Afrin warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Afrin?
The wettest day measured in Afrin between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1980, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Afrin?
The windiest day measured in Afrin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 1975, with winds reaching 35.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Afrin?
The warmest month in Afrin is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Afrin?
Afrin receives on average 431 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 69 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Afrin?
Afrin gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Afrin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Afrin between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Afrin?
Yes: Afrin has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Afrin?
In Afrin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 22 July 1998, and the lowest was -23.5 °C on 5 February 1950.
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