As Salamīyah weather in February

In February, As Salamīyah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 28 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is As Salamīyah's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Salamīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 28 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:26 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 11th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

As Salamīyah is city.

Founded: ~3499 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical February day in As Salamīyah reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

How February really feels in As Salamīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

As Salamīyah weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 5°	30	7.1	9.9	4.2
Feb	15° / 6°	28	6.1	10.7	5.1
Mar	19° / 9°	24	6	11.7	7.0
Apr	24° / 12°	13	3.2	12.9	8.2
May	29° / 16°	12	2.3	13.8	6.8
Jun	33° / 20°	1	0.3	14.3	4.8
Jul	35° / 22°	0	0	14.1	3.5
Aug	35° / 22°	1	0.3	13.3	3.2
Sep	33° / 20°	1	0.5	12.2	4.8
Oct	28° / 16°	11	2.8	11.1	7.3
Nov	21° / 10°	17	4.1	10.2	7.7
Dec	15° / 6°	26	5.7	9.7	5.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	64	64	64	64	64	63	62	62	62	62	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	67	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	33	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

As Salamīyah gets around 28 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	22
11	22
12	22
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	23
17	23
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	22
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	20
26	19
27	19
28	18

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 13 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 4:53 PM to 5:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11
Sunset (PM)	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:37	4:53
2	10.3	6:37	4:54
3	10.3	6:36	4:55
4	10.3	6:35	4:56
5	10.4	6:35	4:57
6	10.4	6:34	4:58
7	10.4	6:33	4:59
8	10.5	6:32	5:00
9	10.5	6:31	5:01
10	10.5	6:30	5:02
11	10.6	6:30	5:03
12	10.6	6:29	5:04
13	10.6	6:28	5:05
14	10.7	6:27	5:06
15	10.7	6:26	5:07
16	10.7	6:25	5:08
17	10.8	6:24	5:09
18	10.8	6:23	5:10
19	10.8	6:22	5:11
20	10.9	6:20	5:12
21	10.9	6:19	5:13
22	10.9	6:18	5:14
23	11.0	6:17	5:15
24	11.0	6:16	5:16
25	11.0	6:15	5:17
26	11.1	6:14	5:17
27	11.1	6:12	5:18
28	11.1	6:11	5:19

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit As Salamīyah?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit As Salamīyah for sightseeing.

What to pack for As Salamīyah in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, As Salamīyah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in As Salamīyah in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in As Salamīyah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	7	8	11	10	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in As Salamīyah in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in As Salamīyah is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	47	54	53	48	38	29	24	25	33	43	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	47	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	53	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is As Salamīyah?

As Salamīyah sits at 35.0°N, 37.1°E, 461 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ḩamāh, 30 km away.

Topography around As Salamīyah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of As Salamīyah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Salamīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 457 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,243 m.

The land around As Salamīyah is covered by cropland (54%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

cropland 54%

16 km

352 m

cropland 64%

80 km

1,243 m

grassland 41%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← January As Salamīyah year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ḩamāh 30 km · Ar Rastan 31 km · Tallbīsah 35 km · Şūrān 42 km · Ţayyibat al Imām 42 km · Homs 44 km · Ḩalfāyā 49 km · Maharda 51 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2022
GDP per capita: $1,057; 2022
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate: 2.1; per 100k, 2010
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 456
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for As Salamīyah (35.0113°, 37.0532°, elevation 461 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	22
11	22
12	22
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	23
17	23
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	22
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	20
26	19
27	19
28	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	22
11	22
12	22
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	23
17	23
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	22
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	20
26	19
27	19
28	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	6
12	15	6
13	15	6
14	15	6
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	7
21	16	7
22	16	7
23	16	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	22
11	22
12	22
13	23
14	23
15	23
16	23
17	23
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	22
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	20
26	19
27	19
28	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100