Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In May its highs average 30.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 2nd of 18 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 18 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 18 cities is 28.6°C; Ar Raqqah is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.7 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in MaySyria · 43 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Manbij in MaySyria · 114 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in MaySyria · 123 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Suruç in MayTurkey · 125 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in MayTurkey · 136 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MaySyria · 142 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MayTurkey · 156 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 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.