Tādif in Winter

In winter (December, January and February), Tādif sees average daytime highs around 13°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 138 mm of precipitation over about 25 wet days across the season. It is the coldest season of the year and the wettest season of the year.

Across winter, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 13°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time across winter, and the air most often feels dry.

Winter is Tādif's 3rd-best season to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Tādif's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 13°C; coldest season of the year
Avg overnight low: 5°C
Precipitation: 138 mm; 25 wet days
Avg wind: 12 km/h
Travel score: 3.7; 3rd-best season
Months: Dec · Jan · Feb

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Temperature in Tādif in Winter

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across winter, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 13°C.

A typical winter day in Tādif reaches about 13°C and drops to 5°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is February, the coolest January.

How winter really feels in Tādif

Once humidity and wind are folded in, winter brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Tādif weather by month

How the three winter months (December, January and February) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / 4°	49	9.5	0.6	9.8	3.0
Feb	14° / 5°	41	7.7	0.3	10.6	4.1
Mar	18° / 8°	34	6.4	0.1	11.7	6.5
Apr	24° / 12°	22	5.4	0	12.9	7.8
May	30° / 16°	16	3.2	0	13.9	6.2
Jun	35° / 21°	3	0.7	0	14.4	3.5
Jul	37° / 23°	1	0.1	0	14.2	1.8
Aug	37° / 23°	1	0.1	0	13.4	1.8
Sep	34° / 20°	3	0.7	0	12.2	4.2
Oct	28° / 16°	17	3.5	0	11.1	7.2
Nov	19° / 9°	30	5.5	0	10.1	7.0
Dec	13° / 5°	48	8	0.3	9.6	3.9

Cloud cover in Winter

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time across winter.

Chance of precipitation in Winter

Any precipitationSnow

Tādif gets around 138 mm of rain and snow over 25 wet days across winter. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Winter

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

Wind in Winter

Winds average 12 km/h across winter.

Sunrise & sunset in Winter

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min in early December to 11 h 06 min by late February. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Winter

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across winter, about 2.8 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in winter

Is winter a good time to visit Tādif?

Our two travel scores rate winter for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

3.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

winter is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tādif.

What to pack for Tādif in Winter

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

In winter, Tādif sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Tādif in Winter

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across winter averages around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tādif peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	9	10	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	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	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tādif in Winter

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Tādif is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× 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)	32	37	41	38	34	28	24	26	29	33	33	32
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	34	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tādif?

Tādif sits at 36.3°N, 37.5°E, 440 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Bāb, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Tādif

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tādif has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 440 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,000 m.

The land around Tādif is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (60%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

112 m

cropland 66%

16 km

193 m

cropland 78%

80 km

1,000 m

cropland 60%

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Winter weather nearby: Al Bāb 3.0 km · Kabbasin 10 km · Dayr Ḩāfir 27 km · As Safīrah 33 km · Aleppo 37 km · Tall Rif‘at 41 km · Manbij 43 km · Nubl 48 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 Tādif (36.3481°, 37.5309°, elevation 440 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.