Aleppo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇾 Syria · major city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Aleppo is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with October and April close behind. Aleppo averages about 3,133 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 19 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,133
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 388 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 2.7M
- Elevation
- 388 m
When is the best time to visit Aleppo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Aleppo is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (21/100, 71 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Aleppo?
Aleppo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,133 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate May (94) from January (21), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 4 destinations in Syria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,134 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 53% of the annual 388 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 71 mm | 2 |
| February | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 59 mm | 3 |
| March | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 41 mm | 4 |
| April | 92 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 29 mm | 6 |
| May | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 19 mm | 8 |
| June | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| September | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| October | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 28 mm | 5 |
| November | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 45 mm | 3 |
| December | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 76 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Antakya Türkiye · 87 km · best in May · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Gaziantep Türkiye · 88 km · best in May · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Adana Türkiye · 195 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 205 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Tarsus Türkiye · 208 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 262 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Latakia Syria · 144 km · 3,135 h sun/yr · best in May
- Kahramanmaraş Türkiye · 153 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in May
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