Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 8th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Ar Raqqah is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in DecemberSyria · 43 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 114 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in DecemberSyria · 123 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 125 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in DecemberTurkey · 136 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Al Bāb in DecemberSyria · 142 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Viranşehir in DecemberTurkey · 156 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 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.