Saraqib climate — normals and trends
Saraqib (Syria) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 310 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Saraqib averages 11 frost days, 129 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Saraqib has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 16 to 6 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -8.4 °C (on 8 February 1972).
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
SaraqibIdlib Governorate
- coords
- 35.86°, 36.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.9°C
Average daily low
12.2°C
Annual rainfall
310mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
129 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.2 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
61 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
44.7 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-8.4 °C
8 February 1972
Wettest day
51 mm
27 March 1980
Windiest day
43.9 km/h
21 November 1980
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
18 February 1970
Hottest feels-like
46.6 °C
23 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-12.7 °C
8 February 1972
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
8 January 1979
Sunniest day
14.0 h
1 July 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 4 mm | -57 mm |
| Feb | 12.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 41 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 22.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 19 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 35 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 30.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 34.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 35.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 36.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 7 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 23.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 18 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 15.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 60 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saraqib?
Saraqib has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 310 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saraqib?
The hottest day measured in Saraqib between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 44.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saraqib?
The coldest day measured in Saraqib between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1972, at -8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Saraqib?
Yes. Saraqib gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Saraqib warmed?
Yes: Saraqib warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saraqib?
The wettest day measured in Saraqib between 1940 and 2025 was 27 March 1980, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saraqib?
The windiest day measured in Saraqib between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1980, with winds reaching 43.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saraqib?
The warmest month in Saraqib is July (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Saraqib?
Saraqib receives on average 310 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saraqib?
Saraqib gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saraqib?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saraqib between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1979, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saraqib?
Yes: Saraqib has on average 61 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saraqib?
In Saraqib, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.6 °C on 23 July 1998, and the lowest was -12.7 °C on 8 February 1972.
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