Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 3rd of 18 for the warmest October highs and 10th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Ar Raqqah is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.1°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in OctoberSyria · 43 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Manbij in OctoberSyria · 114 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in OctoberSyria · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Suruç in OctoberTurkey · 125 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in OctoberTurkey · 136 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Al Bāb in OctoberSyria · 142 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Viranşehir in OctoberTurkey · 156 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Nizip in OctoberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 25 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.