Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In January its highs average 12.2°C, about as warm as Al-Tabqa, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al-Tabqa ranks 9th of 18 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 18 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 18 cities is 12.0°C; Al-Tabqa is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in JanuarySyria · 43 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Manbij in JanuarySyria · 93 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Bāb in JanuarySyria · 110 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Suruç in JanuaryTurkey · 127 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Aleppo in JanuarySyria · 131 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Nizip in JanuaryTurkey · 147 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in JanuaryTurkey · 149 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in JanuarySyria · 154 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 3.5°C · 25 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.