Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Al-Tabqa, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al-Tabqa ranks 5th of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Al-Tabqa is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in MarchSyria · 43 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Manbij in MarchSyria · 93 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MarchSyria · 110 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Suruç in MarchTurkey · 127 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Aleppo in MarchSyria · 131 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Nizip in MarchTurkey · 147 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in MarchTurkey · 149 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in MarchSyria · 154 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 21 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.