Al-Tabqa weather in August

In August, Al-Tabqa sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Al-Tabqa's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Tabqa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:49 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
2%
1st clearest
Wind
23 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Al-Tabqa is town in Siria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical August day in Al-Tabqa reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Al-Tabqa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
1 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Al-Tabqa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 327.69.83.6
Feb15° / 265.610.64.9
Mar19° / 255.511.77.1
Apr25° / 13°18412.98.0
May31° / 18°102.213.95.6
Jun36° / 22°10.214.42.8
Jul39° / 25°0014.21.0
Aug38° / 25°00.113.41.3
Sep34° / 22°10.312.23.9
Oct28° / 17°142.811.17.1
Nov20° / 10°23410.17.4
Dec14° / 295.99.64.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al-Tabqa gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 23 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:37 AM to 5:01 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.84:376:27
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413.74:396:24
513.74:406:23
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.8Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Al-Tabqa?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al-Tabqa.

What to pack for Al-Tabqa in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Al-Tabqa sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Al-Tabqa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al-Tabqa peaks around June 14 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al-Tabqa in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al-Tabqa is worst in March — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2137 µg/m³Jan 1128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr36Poor
May34Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al-Tabqa?

Al-Tabqa sits at 35.8°N, 38.5°E, 342 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Ar Raqqah, 43 km away.

Ar RaqqahDayr ḨāfirManbijAkçakaleTādifAs SafīrahAl BābKabbasin

Topography around Al-Tabqa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al-Tabqa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al-Tabqa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 321 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 561 m.

The land around Al-Tabqa is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), grassland (21%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (40%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%), grassland (29%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
141 m
80 km
561 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ar Raqqah 43 km · Dayr Ḩāfir 84 km · Manbij 93 km · Akçakale 104 km · Tādif 108 km · As Safīrah 109 km · Al Bāb 110 km · Kabbasin 110 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2022
GDP per capita
$1,057
2022
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 87%Christian 10%Druze 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al-Tabqa (35.8376°, 38.5483°, elevation 342 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).