Qaţanā climate — normals and trends
Qaţanā (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 417 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Qaţanā averages 39 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 64 rainy days per year.
Qaţanā 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 49 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 7 August 1987) and the coldest -19.4 °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
QaţanāRif-dimashq Governorate
- coords
- 33.44°, 36.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
20.1°C
Average daily low
8.3°C
Annual rainfall
417mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
56 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
64 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.9 cm
Average feels-like high
18.8 °C
Average feels-like low
6.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
39.1 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest day
-19.4 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
62 mm
2 February 1982
Windiest day
36.2 km/h
8 May 1957
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
20 February 2001
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
5 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-23.8 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
29.9 cm
14 January 1968
Sunniest day
13.6 h
7 July 1958
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 13 mm | -75 mm |
| Feb | 8.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 66 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 33 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 20.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 15 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 30.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 24.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 4 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 20.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 33 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 11.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 73 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Qaţanā?
Qaţanā has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 417 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qaţanā?
The hottest day measured in Qaţanā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1987, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Qaţanā?
The coldest day measured in Qaţanā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -19.4 °C.
Does it snow in Qaţanā?
Yes. Qaţanā gets on average 40.9 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Qaţanā warmed?
Yes: Qaţanā warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Qaţanā?
The wettest day measured in Qaţanā between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1982, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Qaţanā?
The windiest day measured in Qaţanā between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1957, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Qaţanā?
The warmest month in Qaţanā is August (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Qaţanā?
Qaţanā receives on average 417 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 64 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Qaţanā?
Qaţanā gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Qaţanā?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qaţanā between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, with 29.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Qaţanā?
Yes: Qaţanā has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qaţanā?
In Qaţanā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 5 August 2022, and the lowest was -23.8 °C on 7 February 1950.
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