Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 2nd of 18 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 23.3°C; Ar Raqqah is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ar Raqqah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 27 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 25 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 16 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 23 | 4.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 29 | 6.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in AprilSyria · 43 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Manbij in AprilSyria · 114 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in AprilSyria · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Suruç in AprilTurkey · 125 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AprilTurkey · 136 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AprilSyria · 142 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AprilTurkey · 156 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nizip in AprilTurkey · 160 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 34 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 Ar Raqqah) is explained once on the Ar Raqqah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.