Ar Raqqah weather in April

In April, Ar Raqqah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Ar Raqqah's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Raqqah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 18 mm; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 4:57 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 8th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Ar Raqqah is city in Syria.

Density: 271/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~244 CE

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical April day in Ar Raqqah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 6°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15

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

How April really feels in Ar Raqqah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

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

Ar Raqqah weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	31	6.9	9.8	3.7
Feb	15° / 5°	26	5.8	10.6	5.0
Mar	20° / 9°	25	5	11.7	7.3
Apr	26° / 13°	18	3.9	12.9	7.9
May	32° / 18°	10	2.1	13.9	5.2
Jun	37° / 23°	1	0.2	14.4	2.1
Jul	40° / 25°	0	0.1	14.2	0.2
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0.1	13.4	0.5
Sep	35° / 22°	1	0.2	12.2	3.3
Oct	29° / 16°	16	2.5	11.1	6.8
Nov	20° / 9°	23	4.1	10.1	7.5
Dec	14° / 5°	29	6.1	9.6	4.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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
Clearer (%)	67	67	68	68	69	69	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	33	33	32	32	31	31	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ar Raqqah gets around 18 mm of rain over 3.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 98% 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
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 4:39 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:04 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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:01	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:39
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:18	5:39
2	12.4	5:17	5:40
3	12.4	5:15	5:41
4	12.5	5:14	5:41
5	12.5	5:13	5:42
6	12.5	5:11	5:43
7	12.6	5:10	5:44
8	12.6	5:08	5:45
9	12.6	5:07	5:46
10	12.7	5:05	5:46
11	12.7	5:04	5:47
12	12.8	5:02	5:48
13	12.8	5:01	5:49
14	12.8	5:00	5:50
15	12.9	4:58	5:51
16	12.9	4:57	5:52
17	12.9	4:55	5:52
18	13.0	4:54	5:53
19	13.0	4:53	5:54
20	13.1	4:51	5:55
21	13.1	4:50	5:56
22	13.1	4:49	5:57
23	13.2	4:48	5:58
24	13.2	4:46	5:58
25	13.2	4:45	5:59
26	13.3	4:44	6:00
27	13.3	4:43	6:01
28	13.3	4:41	6:02
29	13.4	4:40	6:03
30	13.4	4:39	6:04

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.41 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.41 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Ar Raqqah

In seasonPeak

None of Ar Raqqah's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ar Raqqah sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Ar Raqqah?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Ar Raqqah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ar Raqqah in April

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

In April, Ar Raqqah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ar Raqqah in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ar Raqqah peaks around June 15 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	3	4	6	7	10	7	9	6	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Ar Raqqah in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ar Raqqah is worst in March — around 39 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	39	37	37	34	33	33	33	31	28	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ar Raqqah?

Ar Raqqah sits at 36.0°N, 39.0°E, 259 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al-Tabqa, 43 km away.

Topography around Ar Raqqah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ar Raqqah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Raqqah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 249 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 639 m.

The land around Ar Raqqah is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

artificial surfaces 66%

16 km

174 m

cropland 48%

80 km

639 m

bare terrain 49%

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← March Ar Raqqah year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Al-Tabqa 43 km · Akçakale 84 km · Manbij 114 km · Dayr Ḩāfir 119 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 120 km · Deir ez-Zor 123 km · Suruç 125 km · Jarābulus 131 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 Ar Raqqah (35.9528°, 39.0079°, elevation 259 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	25	12
11	25	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	26	13
19	26	14
20	26	14
21	27	14
22	27	14
23	27	14
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	28	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	28	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	73	27
19	73	27
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	75	25

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4