Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In August its highs average 39.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Al-Tabqa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al-Tabqa ranks 5th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 7th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Al-Tabqa is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al-Tabqa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 32 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 26 | 5.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 25 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 18 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 10 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 35.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| July | 38.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 38.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 33.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.1°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 29 | 6.1 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in AugustSyria · 43 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 93 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 110 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Suruç in AugustTurkey · 127 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 131 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 147 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AugustTurkey · 149 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in AugustSyria · 154 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al-Tabqa) is explained once on the Al-Tabqa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.