diff --git a/ndsl/dsl/stencil.py b/ndsl/dsl/stencil.py
index a12c91bf..57d6d738 100644
--- a/ndsl/dsl/stencil.py
+++ b/ndsl/dsl/stencil.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import copy
 import dataclasses
 import inspect
+import numbers
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import Any, cast
 
@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         if self.stencil_config.verbose:
             ndsl_log.debug(f"Running {self._func_name}")
 
+        self._validate_quantity_sizes(*args, **kwargs)
+
         # Marshal arguments
         args_list = list(args)
         _convert_quantities_to_storage(args_list, kwargs)
@@ -523,6 +526,39 @@ def closure_resolver(self, constant_args, given_args, parent_closure=None):  # t
             constant_args, given_args, parent_closure=parent_closure
         )
 
+    def _validate_quantity_sizes(self, *args, **kwargs):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
+        """Checks that the sizes of quantities are compatible with the domain of the stencil.
+
+        This function emits a warning in case one of the dimensions does not match.
+
+        """
+        all_args_as_kwargs = dict(zip(self._argument_names, tuple(list(args)))) | kwargs
+
+        domain_sizes = {
+            axis_name: axis_size
+            for axis_names, axis_size in zip([X_DIMS, Y_DIMS, Z_DIMS], self.domain)
+            for axis_name in axis_names
+        }
+
+        for name, argument in all_args_as_kwargs.items():
+            if isinstance(argument, Quantity):
+                for axis, quantity_size in zip(argument.dims, argument.extent):
+                    full_size = quantity_size
+                    if axis in (X_DIMS + Y_DIMS):
+                        full_size += 2 * argument.metadata.n_halo
+                    if (
+                        axis in (X_DIMS + Y_DIMS + Z_DIMS)
+                        and full_size < domain_sizes[axis]
+                    ):
+                        ndsl_log.warning(
+                            f"Quantity `{name}` is too small for the targeted "
+                            f"domain in axis {axis}: {full_size} < {domain_sizes[axis]}."
+                        )
+            elif not isinstance(argument, numbers.Real):
+                ndsl_log.warning(
+                    f"Found an array-type argument {name} that is not a Quantity. Some domain-size checks are omitted."
+                )
+
 
 def _convert_quantities_to_storage(args, kwargs):  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
     for i, arg in enumerate(args):
diff --git a/tests/dsl/test_stencil.py b/tests/dsl/test_stencil.py
index 28db6a79..9b29fa5b 100644
--- a/tests/dsl/test_stencil.py
+++ b/tests/dsl/test_stencil.py
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from gt4py.storage import empty, ones
 
-from ndsl import CompilationConfig, GridIndexing, StencilConfig, StencilFactory
+from ndsl import (
+    CompilationConfig,
+    FrozenStencil,
+    GridIndexing,
+    StencilConfig,
+    StencilFactory,
+)
 from ndsl.dsl.gt4py import PARALLEL, Field, computation, interval
+from ndsl.dsl.typing import FloatField
+from ndsl.quantity import Quantity
 from tests.dsl import utils
 
 
@@ -61,3 +72,43 @@ def test_grid_indexing_get_2d_compute_origin_domain(
 
     assert origin[2] == expected_origin_k
     assert domain[2] == 1
+
+
+def copy_stencil(q_in: FloatField, q_out: FloatField):  # type: ignore
+    with computation(PARALLEL), interval(...):
+        q_out[0, 0, 0] = q_in
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "extent,dimensions,domain,call_count",
+    [
+        ((20, 20, 30), ["x", "y", "z"], (20, 20, 20), 0),
+        ((20, 20), ["x", "y"], (20, 20, 30), 0),
+        ((20, 20), ["x_interface", "y"], (20, 20, 30), 0),
+        ((20, 20), ["x", "y_interface"], (20, 20, 30), 0),
+        ((20,), ["z"], (20, 20, 10), 0),
+        ((20,), ["z_interface"], (20, 20, 10), 0),
+        ((15, 20, 30), ["x", "y", "z"], (20, 20, 30), 1),
+        ((20, 15, 30), ["x", "y", "z"], (20, 20, 30), 1),
+        ((20, 20, 15), ["x", "y", "z"], (20, 20, 30), 1),
+    ],
+)
+def test_domain_size_comparison(
+    extent: tuple[int],
+    dimensions: list[str],
+    domain: tuple[int],
+    call_count: int,
+):
+    quantity = Quantity(np.zeros(extent), dimensions, "n/a", extent=extent)
+    stencil = FrozenStencil(
+        copy_stencil,
+        origin=(0, 0, 0),
+        domain=domain,
+        stencil_config=MagicMock(spec=StencilConfig()),
+    )
+    # with expectation:
+    warning_mock = MagicMock()
+    with patch("ndsl.ndsl_log.warning", warning_mock):
+        stencil._validate_quantity_sizes(quantity)
+
+    assert warning_mock.call_count == call_count