Idlib weather in February

In February, Idlib sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 8.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Idlib's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idlib's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 49 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:29 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical February day in Idlib reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°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 19°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

How February really feels in Idlib

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.

Idlib weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	61	10.9	9.8	3.4
Feb	14° / 5°	49	8.7	10.6	4.4
Mar	19° / 8°	40	7.6	11.7	6.5
Apr	24° / 11°	25	5.7	12.9	7.7
May	29° / 15°	17	3.8	13.9	6.8
Jun	33° / 19°	3	1	14.4	4.7
Jul	35° / 22°	1	0.1	14.2	3.4
Aug	36° / 23°	1	0	13.4	3.1
Sep	33° / 20°	5	1.2	12.2	4.6
Oct	28° / 15°	19	4.2	11.1	7.0
Nov	20° / 9°	34	5.8	10.1	7.3
Dec	14° / 5°	59	9.2	9.6	4.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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 (%)	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	61	61	61	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	39	39	39	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Idlib gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 8.7 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 31% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)	32	32	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	29
27	28
28	27

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 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	8	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 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 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 4:53 PM to 5:20 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)	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	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	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14
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	5:18	5:19	5:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	6:41	4:53
2	10.2	6:40	4:54
3	10.3	6:39	4:55
4	10.3	6:39	4:56
5	10.3	6:38	4:57
6	10.4	6:37	4:58
7	10.4	6:36	4:59
8	10.4	6:35	5:00
9	10.4	6:35	5:01
10	10.5	6:34	5:02
11	10.5	6:33	5:03
12	10.5	6:32	5:04
13	10.6	6:31	5:05
14	10.6	6:30	5:06
15	10.6	6:29	5:07
16	10.7	6:28	5:08
17	10.7	6:27	5:09
18	10.7	6:26	5:10
19	10.8	6:24	5:11
20	10.8	6:23	5:12
21	10.9	6:22	5:13
22	10.9	6:21	5:14
23	10.9	6:20	5:15
24	11.0	6:19	5:16
25	11.0	6:17	5:17
26	11.0	6:16	5:18
27	11.1	6:15	5:19
28	11.1	6:14	5:20

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.44 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Idlib?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Idlib for sightseeing.

What to pack for Idlib in February

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

In February, Idlib sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Idlib in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 69 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 3 to Dec 20 — about 7.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	17	17	18	21	25	27	29	28	26	23	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	28	Tropical
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Idlib 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 Idlib peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (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)	2	4	4	7	8	10	10	10	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Idlib 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 Idlib is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 20 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)	36	44	46	42	33	25	20	22	28	35	39	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	36	Poor
Feb	44	Poor
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	42	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	35	Poor
Nov	39	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Idlib?

Idlib sits at 35.9°N, 36.6°E, 442 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Binnish, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Idlib

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idlib has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 658 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,783 m.

The land around Idlib is covered by cropland (66%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

129 m

cropland 66%

16 km

658 m

cropland 72%

80 km

1,783 m

cropland 49%

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

February weather nearby: Binnish 8.0 km · Ma‘arratmişrīn 10 km · Saraqib 17 km · Kafr Takhārīm 23 km · Batabo 25 km · Salqīn 28 km · Jisr ash Shughūr 31 km · Ad Dānā 34 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 Idlib (35.9306°, 36.6339°, elevation 442 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	14	5
15	14	5
16	14	5
17	15	5
18	15	5
19	15	6
20	15	6
21	15	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	7
27	16	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	29
27	28
28	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	29
27	28
28	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	56	44
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	31
24	31
25	30
26	29
27	28
28	27

	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