Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Tabqa weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Al-Tabqa: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (43 km away). In September its highs average 34.9°C, 1.1°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 September highs and joint 6th of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 32.7°C; Al-Tabqa is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ar Raqqah in SeptemberSyria · 43 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Manbij in SeptemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Al Bāb in SeptemberSyria · 110 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Suruç in SeptemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Aleppo in SeptemberSyria · 131 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Nizip in SeptemberTurkey · 147 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in SeptemberTurkey · 149 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in SeptemberSyria · 154 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.4 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.