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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tabqa
Tabqa climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation224 mm53 wet days a year
35.84° N, 38.55° EElevation 342 mUTC+3
When to goTabqa · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low28° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tabqa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 38° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 224 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (41 mm, 9 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, Tabqa is 1.9° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · July
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 45 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 | 11° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 30° | 35° | 38° | 38° | 34° | 28° | 19° | 13° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 41 mm | 36 mm | 37 mm | 22 mm | 12 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 13 mm | 28 mm | 33 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.9 | 8.4 | 7 | 6 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 8.1 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 29% | 26% | 23% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 13% | 24% | 32% |
| Daylight | 9h 59 | 10h 53 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 03 | 14h 34 | 14h 22 | 13h 32 | 12h 26 | 11h 19 | 10h 18 | 9h 45 |
| Month score | 44 | 57 | 84 | 86 | 69 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 61 | 80 | 87 | 53 |
ivMonth by month
Tabqa in every month
January44
11° / 3°
41 mm · 8.9 wet days
February57
14° / 4°
36 mm · 8.4 wet days
March84
18° / 7°
37 mm · 7 wet days
April86
24° / 12°
22 mm · 6 wet days
May69
30° / 16°
12 mm · 3.6 wet days
June56
35° / 20°
1 mm · 0.8 wet day
July58
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September61
34° / 20°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
October80
28° / 15°
13 mm · 3.9 wet days
November87
19° / 9°
28 mm · 5.5 wet days
December53
13° / 5°
33 mm · 8.1 wet days