Dar‘ā weather in February

In February, Dar‘ā sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°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 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Dar‘ā's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dar‘ā's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 53 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 6:26 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Dar‘ā is City in southwestern Syria.

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 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Dar‘ā 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 10°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°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	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	7
28	17	7

How February really feels in Dar‘ā

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.

Dar‘ā weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-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°	54	9	10.1	4.1
Feb	15° / 6°	53	8.1	10.8	4.8
Mar	18° / 8°	39	6.5	11.8	6.7
Apr	23° / 11°	17	3.7	12.8	8.2
May	28° / 14°	8	2	13.7	7.7
Jun	31° / 17°	1	0.1	14.1	6.0
Jul	33° / 19°	0	0	13.9	4.9
Aug	33° / 20°	0	0	13.2	4.8
Sep	32° / 18°	2	0.6	12.2	5.9
Oct	28° / 15°	10	2.4	11.2	7.7
Nov	21° / 10°	25	4.8	10.3	7.7
Dec	16° / 6°	39	6.6	9.9	5.4

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 37%.

	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	64	63	63	62	62	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66
Cloudier (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Dar‘ā gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 29% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	1
2	31	1
3	31	1
4	31	1
5	31	1
6	31	1
7	31	1
8	31	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	29	1
19	29	2
20	28	2
21	28	2
22	27	2
23	27	2
24	26	1
25	25	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	23	1

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 10 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 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 6:13 AM, and sunset from 5:02 PM to 5:25 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)	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	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	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	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	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13
Sunset (PM)	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:37	5:02
2	10.4	6:36	5:02
3	10.5	6:35	5:03
4	10.5	6:35	5:04
5	10.5	6:34	5:05
6	10.5	6:33	5:06
7	10.6	6:33	5:07
8	10.6	6:32	5:08
9	10.6	6:31	5:09
10	10.7	6:30	5:10
11	10.7	6:30	5:11
12	10.7	6:29	5:12
13	10.7	6:28	5:13
14	10.8	6:27	5:13
15	10.8	6:26	5:14
16	10.8	6:25	5:15
17	10.9	6:24	5:16
18	10.9	6:23	5:17
19	10.9	6:22	5:18
20	11.0	6:21	5:19
21	11.0	6:20	5:20
22	11.0	6:19	5:20
23	11.1	6:18	5:21
24	11.1	6:17	5:22
25	11.1	6:16	5:23
26	11.1	6:15	5:24
27	11.2	6:14	5:25
28	11.2	6:13	5:25

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.9 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Dar‘ā?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Dar‘ā for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dar‘ā in February

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

In February, Dar‘ā sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Dar‘ā 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 Dar‘ā peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	7	9	11	11	10	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Dar‘ā 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 Dar‘ā is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 31 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)	46	50	51	50	43	35	31	32	38	43	47	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	50	Poor
May	43	Poor
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Dar‘ā?

Dar‘ā sits at 32.6°N, 36.1°E, 489 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ar Ramthā, 11 km away.

Topography around Dar‘ā

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dar‘ā.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dar‘ā has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 522 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,313 m.

The land around Dar‘ā is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), cropland (34%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

115 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

472 m

cropland 63%

80 km

2,313 m

cropland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Dar‘ā year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ar Ramthā 11 km · Ţafas 14 km · Dā‘il 15 km · Shaykh Miskīn 24 km · Al Ḩirāk 24 km · Irbid 25 km · Aydūn 26 km · Nawá 30 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 Dar‘ā (32.6189°, 36.1021°, elevation 489 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	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	1
2	31	1
3	31	1
4	31	1
5	31	1
6	31	1
7	31	1
8	31	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	29	1
19	29	2
20	28	2
21	28	2
22	27	2
23	27	2
24	26	1
25	25	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	23	1

	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	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	1
2	31	1
3	31	1
4	31	1
5	31	1
6	31	1
7	31	1
8	31	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	29	1
19	29	2
20	28	2
21	28	2
22	27	2
23	27	2
24	26	1
25	25	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	23	1

	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	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	1
2	31	1
3	31	1
4	31	1
5	31	1
6	31	1
7	31	1
8	31	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	30	1
13	30	1
14	30	1
15	30	1
16	30	1
17	30	1
18	29	1
19	29	2
20	28	2
21	28	2
22	27	2
23	27	2
24	26	1
25	25	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	23	1

	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