Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In March its highs average 18.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 2nd of 18 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 18 cities is 18.0°C; Ar Raqqah is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in MarchSyria · 43 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Manbij in MarchSyria · 114 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in MarchSyria · 123 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 8.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Suruç in MarchTurkey · 125 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in MarchTurkey · 136 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MarchSyria · 142 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MarchTurkey · 156 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Nizip in MarchTurkey · 160 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 50 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.