Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In May its highs average 31.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Al-Tabqa, with 9.7 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al-Tabqa ranks 4th of 18 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Al-Tabqa is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in MaySyria · 43 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Manbij in MaySyria · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MaySyria · 110 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Suruç in MayTurkey · 127 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 131 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 147 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in MayTurkey · 149 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in MaySyria · 154 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.2 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.