Al Qaryatayn climate — normals and trends
Al Qaryatayn (Syria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 120 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Al Qaryatayn averages 26 frost days, 107 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.
Al Qaryatayn has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 16 June 2012) and the coldest -12.7 °C (on 7 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.
Climate normals · ERA5
Al QaryataynHoms Governorate
- coords
- 34.23°, 37.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
22.5°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
120mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
26 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
107 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
31 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.8 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
26 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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).
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
Hottest day
41.7 °C
16 June 2012
Coldest day
-12.7 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
38 mm
29 April 1977
Windiest day
53.1 km/h
9 January 1946
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
29 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
28 July 2020
Coldest feels-like
-18.0 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
12.1 cm
11 February 1974
Sunniest day
13.5 h
19 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 5 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 11.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 19.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 40 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 30.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 15 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 35.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 31.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 26.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 21.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 12.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 29 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Al Qaryatayn?
Al Qaryatayn has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 120 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Qaryatayn?
The hottest day measured in Al Qaryatayn between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 2012, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Al Qaryatayn?
The coldest day measured in Al Qaryatayn between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -12.7 °C.
Does it snow in Al Qaryatayn?
Yes. Al Qaryatayn gets on average 4.8 cm of snow per year and has around 26 frost days.
Has the climate of Al Qaryatayn warmed?
Yes: Al Qaryatayn warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Al Qaryatayn?
The wettest day measured in Al Qaryatayn between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 1977, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Al Qaryatayn?
The windiest day measured in Al Qaryatayn between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1946, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Al Qaryatayn?
The warmest month in Al Qaryatayn is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Al Qaryatayn?
Al Qaryatayn receives on average 120 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Al Qaryatayn?
Al Qaryatayn gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al Qaryatayn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Qaryatayn between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1974, with 12.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Al Qaryatayn?
Yes: Al Qaryatayn has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Qaryatayn?
In Al Qaryatayn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 28 July 2020, and the lowest was -18.0 °C on 7 February 1950.
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