Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Raqqah weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Ar Raqqah: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Tabqa (43 km away). In September its highs average 33.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ar Raqqah, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Ar Raqqah ranks 3rd of 18 for the warmest September highs and joint 3rd of 18 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 18 cities is 32.7°C; Ar Raqqah is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Al-Tabqa in SeptemberSyria · 43 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Manbij in SeptemberSyria · 114 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in SeptemberSyria · 123 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Suruç in SeptemberTurkey · 125 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in SeptemberTurkey · 136 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Al Bāb in SeptemberSyria · 142 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Viranşehir in SeptemberTurkey · 156 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Nizip in SeptemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 3.2 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.