Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In August its highs average 38.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 4th of 18 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 18 cities is 36.0°C; Ar Raqqah is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in AugustSyria · 43 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 114 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in AugustSyria · 123 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Suruç in AugustTurkey · 125 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AugustTurkey · 136 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 142 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 156 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 160 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 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.