Maşyāf climate — normals and trends
Maşyāf (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 734 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 August (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Maşyāf averages 6 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Maşyāf 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 9 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -11.8 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
MaşyāfHama Governorate
- coords
- 35.07°, 36.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.4°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
734mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
17.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
6 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.4 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
41.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
36 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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).
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
41.6 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
23 November 1955
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
18 February 1970
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-17.1 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
10.1 cm
6 February 1972
Sunniest day
13.7 h
30 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 34 mm | -101 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 94 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 48 mm | -69 mm |
| Apr | 21.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 45 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 27.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 18 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 30.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 9 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 24.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 48 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 15.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 127 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maşyāf?
Maşyāf has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 734 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maşyāf?
The hottest day measured in Maşyāf between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maşyāf?
The coldest day measured in Maşyāf between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Maşyāf?
Yes. Maşyāf gets on average 3.7 cm of snow per year and has around 6 frost days.
Has the climate of Maşyāf warmed?
Yes: Maşyāf warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maşyāf?
The wettest day measured in Maşyāf between 1940 and 2025 was 23 November 1955, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maşyāf?
The windiest day measured in Maşyāf between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maşyāf?
The warmest month in Maşyāf is August (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Maşyāf?
Maşyāf receives on average 734 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maşyāf?
Maşyāf gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maşyāf?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maşyāf between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1972, with 10.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maşyāf?
Yes: Maşyāf has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maşyāf?
In Maşyāf, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -17.1 °C on 5 January 1942.
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