Al Ḩasakah
City in Syria: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Al-Hasakah Collage: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Al Ḩasakah is a city in Syria, in Al-Hasakah. About 422,445 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Syria in our atlas.
It lies at 36.50° N, 40.75° E, about 305 m (1,001 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Damascus time zone.
Location
Red dot: Al Ḩasakah. Green dots: other major cities of Syria. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Al Ḩasakah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 42°C (107°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (31°F). Around 219 mm (9 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SyriaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Al Qāmishlī · 75 km
- Deir ez-Zor · 140 km
- Ar Raqqah · 167 km
- Al Bāb · 289 km
- Aleppo · 322 km
- Idlib · 373 km
- Ḩamāh · 387 km
- Homs · 410 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 173811 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q311321 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Al-Hasakah Collage: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Basel al-Assad stadium, al-Hasakah: JOHNPAUL, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
