Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In December its highs average 13.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Al-Tabqa, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al-Tabqa ranks 11th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Al-Tabqa is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in DecemberSyria · 43 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Bāb in DecemberSyria · 110 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 131 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 147 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in DecemberTurkey · 149 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in DecemberSyria · 154 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 24 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.