Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In June its highs average 35.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 3rd of 18 for the warmest June highs and joint 3rd of 18 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 18 cities is 33.2°C; Ar Raqqah is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in JuneSyria · 43 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Manbij in JuneSyria · 114 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in JuneSyria · 123 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Suruç in JuneTurkey · 125 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in JuneTurkey · 136 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Al Bāb in JuneSyria · 142 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Viranşehir in JuneTurkey · 156 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Nizip in JuneTurkey · 160 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 4.2 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.