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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Raqqa
Raqqa climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation186 mm45 wet days a year
35.95° N, 39.01° EElevation 259 mUTC+3
When to goRaqqa · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low29° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Raqqa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 39° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 186 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. February is the wettest month (31 mm, 7 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 32% in January.
Compared with Damascus, the capital, Raqqa is 3.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 39° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- February
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 35 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 44 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 12° | 14° | 19° | 25° | 32° | 37° | 39° | 39° | 35° | 29° | 20° | 14° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 8° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 31 mm | 30 mm | 19 mm | 11 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 9 mm | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 7.2 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 13% | 24% | 32% |
| Daylight | 9h 59 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 03 | 14h 35 | 14h 23 | 13h 33 | 12h 26 | 11h 19 | 10h 17 | 9h 44 |
| Month score | 51 | 63 | 86 | 85 | 65 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 77 | 89 | 59 |
ivMonth by month
Raqqa in every month
January51
12° / 3°
36 mm · 7.2 wet days
February63
14° / 4°
31 mm · 7.3 wet days
March86
19° / 7°
30 mm · 6 wet days
April85
25° / 12°
19 mm · 5.6 wet days
May65
32° / 17°
11 mm · 3.2 wet days
June57
37° / 21°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
39° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
39° / 23°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September57
35° / 19°
0 mm · 0.4 wet days
October77
29° / 15°
9 mm · 3.2 wet days
November89
20° / 8°
23 mm · 4.8 wet days
December59
14° / 4°
26 mm · 7.2 wet days