Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In February its highs average 13.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 6th of 18 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 18 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is 13.8°C; Ar Raqqah is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in FebruarySyria · 43 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Manbij in FebruarySyria · 114 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in FebruarySyria · 123 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Suruç in FebruaryTurkey · 125 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in FebruaryTurkey · 136 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Al Bāb in FebruarySyria · 142 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Viranşehir in FebruaryTurkey · 156 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Nizip in FebruaryTurkey · 160 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 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.