Quneitra climate — normals and trends
Quneitra (Syria) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 599 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Quneitra averages 25 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.
Quneitra has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 20 August 2010) and the coldest -16.6 °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
QuneitraQuneitra Governorate
- coords
- 33.13°, 35.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
599mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
51 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
71 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.3 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
7.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
39.4 °C
20 August 2010
Coldest day
-16.6 °C
7 February 1950
Wettest day
72 mm
2 February 1982
Windiest day
32.3 km/h
8 May 1957
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
20 February 2001
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
7 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-21.0 °C
7 February 1950
Snowiest day
23.4 cm
14 January 1968
Sunniest day
13.6 h
4 July 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 13 mm | -110 mm |
| Feb | 10.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 89 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 18.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 41 mm | -59 mm |
| Apr | 21.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 26.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 17 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 4 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 22.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 105 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quneitra?
Quneitra has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 599 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quneitra?
The hottest day measured in Quneitra between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2010, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quneitra?
The coldest day measured in Quneitra between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -16.6 °C.
Does it snow in Quneitra?
Yes. Quneitra gets on average 38.3 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Quneitra warmed?
Yes: Quneitra warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quneitra?
The wettest day measured in Quneitra between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1982, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quneitra?
The windiest day measured in Quneitra between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1957, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quneitra?
The warmest month in Quneitra is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Quneitra?
Quneitra receives on average 599 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quneitra?
Quneitra 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 Quneitra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Quneitra between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1968, with 23.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Quneitra?
Yes: Quneitra has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quneitra?
In Quneitra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 7 August 1987, and the lowest was -21.0 °C on 7 February 1950.
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