Al-Tabqa weather in December

In December, Al-Tabqa sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 5.9 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Al-Tabqa's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al-Tabqa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 29 mm; 5.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 6:35 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Al-Tabqa is town in Siria.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical December day in Al-Tabqa reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Avg low (°C)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	13	5
29	13	5
30	13	5
31	12	5

How December really feels in Al-Tabqa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al-Tabqa weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 5°	32	7.6	9.8	3.6
Feb	15° / 6°	26	5.6	10.6	4.9
Mar	19° / 9°	25	5.5	11.7	7.1
Apr	25° / 13°	18	4	12.9	8.0
May	31° / 18°	10	2.2	13.9	5.6
Jun	36° / 22°	1	0.2	14.4	2.8
Jul	39° / 25°	0	0	14.2	1.0
Aug	38° / 25°	0	0.1	13.4	1.3
Sep	34° / 22°	1	0.3	12.2	3.9
Oct	28° / 17°	14	2.8	11.1	7.1
Nov	20° / 10°	23	4	10.1	7.4
Dec	14° / 6°	29	5.9	9.6	4.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	62	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	58	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	55
Cloudier (%)	38	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	42	43	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Al-Tabqa gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 5.9 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	19
19	19
20	18
21	18
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20
31	21

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 4:08 PM to 4:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41
Sunset (PM)	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:10	4:10	4:10	4:11	4:11	4:12	4:12	4:13	4:13	4:14	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:16	4:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	6:23	4:08
2	9.7	6:24	4:08
3	9.7	6:25	4:08
4	9.7	6:26	4:08
5	9.7	6:27	4:08
6	9.7	6:27	4:08
7	9.7	6:28	4:08
8	9.6	6:29	4:08
9	9.6	6:30	4:08
10	9.6	6:30	4:08
11	9.6	6:31	4:08
12	9.6	6:32	4:08
13	9.6	6:33	4:09
14	9.6	6:33	4:09
15	9.6	6:34	4:09
16	9.6	6:35	4:09
17	9.6	6:35	4:10
18	9.6	6:36	4:10
19	9.6	6:36	4:10
20	9.6	6:37	4:11
21	9.6	6:37	4:11
22	9.6	6:38	4:12
23	9.6	6:38	4:12
24	9.6	6:39	4:13
25	9.6	6:39	4:13
26	9.6	6:39	4:14
27	9.6	6:40	4:14
28	9.6	6:40	4:15
29	9.6	6:40	4:16
30	9.6	6:41	4:16
31	9.6	6:41	4:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.43 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — December's 2.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.4	Moderate
18	2.4	Moderate
19	2.4	Moderate
20	2.4	Moderate
21	2.4	Moderate
22	2.4	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Al-Tabqa?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Al-Tabqa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al-Tabqa in December

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

In December, Al-Tabqa sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Al-Tabqa in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	4	6	8	9	7	8	8	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al-Tabqa in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	28	31	38	36	34	30	28	29	30	30	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	38	Poor
Apr	36	Poor
May	34	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

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.

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

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

141 m

bare terrain 40%

80 km

561 m

bare terrain 42%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Al-Tabqa year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December 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

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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	13	5
29	13	5
30	13	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	19
19	19
20	18
21	18
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20
31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	13	5
29	13	5
30	13	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	19
19	19
20	18
21	18
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20
31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	8
2	16	7
3	16	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	15	7
8	15	7
9	15	7
10	14	7
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	13	5
29	13	5
30	13	5
31	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	57	43
13	57	43
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	19
2	19
3	20
4	20
5	20
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	20
17	20
18	19
19	19
20	18
21	18
22	17
23	17
24	17
25	17
26	17
27	18
28	19
29	19
30	20
31	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100