Al Quţayfah climate — normals and trends
Al Quţayfah (Syria) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 135 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Al Quţayfah averages 33 frost days, 85 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 32 rainy days per year.
Al Quţayfah has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 43 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 7 August 1987) and the coldest -18.7 °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 QuţayfahRif-dimashq Governorate
- coords
- 33.74°, 36.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
9.3°C
Annual rainfall
135mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
49%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
85 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
32 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.0 cm
Average feels-like high
18.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
40.2 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest day
-18.7 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
41 mm
18 December 1951
Windiest day
42.9 km/h
18 February 1970
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
10 April 1964
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
15 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-24.4 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
18 December 1951
Sunniest day
13.6 h
28 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 9.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 13 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 21.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 27.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 32.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 35.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 30.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 24.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 10.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 26 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Al Quţayfah?
Al Quţayfah has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 135 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Quţayfah?
The hottest day measured in Al Quţayfah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Al Quţayfah?
The coldest day measured in Al Quţayfah between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -18.7 °C.
Does it snow in Al Quţayfah?
Yes. Al Quţayfah gets on average 20.0 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Al Quţayfah warmed?
Yes: Al Quţayfah warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Al Quţayfah?
The wettest day measured in Al Quţayfah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Al Quţayfah?
The windiest day measured in Al Quţayfah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Al Quţayfah?
The warmest month in Al Quţayfah is July (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Al Quţayfah?
Al Quţayfah receives on average 135 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Al Quţayfah?
Al Quţayfah 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 Quţayfah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Quţayfah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1951, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Al Quţayfah?
Yes: Al Quţayfah has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Quţayfah?
In Al Quţayfah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 15 August 2023, and the lowest was -24.4 °C on 7 February 1950.
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