Climate averages 1991–2020
Deir ez-Zor weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Deir ez-Zor: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Raqqah (123 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Deir ez-Zor, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Deir ez-Zor ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 18 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 18 cities is 27.2°C; Deir ez-Zor is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.4°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.8 mm to 19 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
Deir ez-Zor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 25 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 23 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 21 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 26.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 32.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 37.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 40.4°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 40.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 35.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 29.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 24 | 5.0 | 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
- Ar Raqqah in OctoberSyria · 123 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in OctoberIraq · 130 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in OctoberSyria · 141 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Al-Tabqa in OctoberSyria · 154 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in OctoberTurkey · 210 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Viranşehir in OctoberTurkey · 213 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in OctoberSyria · 214 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Mardin in OctoberTurkey · 226 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.5°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 Deir ez-Zor) is explained once on the Deir ez-Zor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.