Ar Raqqah weather in February

In February, Ar Raqqah sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 26 mm of precipitation across 5.8 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ar Raqqah's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Raqqah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 26 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:19 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; 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 February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical February day in Ar Raqqah reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How February really feels in Ar Raqqah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

February 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 February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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
Clearer (%)	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	59	59	60	60	60	60	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	41	41	40	40	40	40	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ar Raqqah gets around 26 mm of rain and snow over 5.8 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 21% and peaks near 23% 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
Rain chance (%)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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

	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	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 5:11 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
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	6:31	4:43
2	10.2	6:31	4:45
3	10.3	6:30	4:46
4	10.3	6:29	4:47
5	10.3	6:28	4:48
6	10.3	6:28	4:49
7	10.4	6:27	4:50
8	10.4	6:26	4:51
9	10.4	6:25	4:52
10	10.5	6:24	4:53
11	10.5	6:23	4:54
12	10.5	6:22	4:55
13	10.6	6:21	4:56
14	10.6	6:20	4:57
15	10.6	6:19	4:58
16	10.7	6:18	4:59
17	10.7	6:17	5:00
18	10.7	6:16	5:01
19	10.8	6:15	5:02
20	10.8	6:14	5:03
21	10.9	6:13	5:04
22	10.9	6:12	5:05
23	10.9	6:10	5:06
24	11.0	6:09	5:07
25	11.0	6:08	5:08
26	11.0	6:07	5:09
27	11.1	6:05	5:10
28	11.1	6:04	5:11

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.74 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 — February's 3.74 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Ar Raqqah

In seasonPeak

None of Ar Raqqah's seasonal hazards are active in February. 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 February a good time to visit Ar Raqqah?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Ar Raqqah for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ar Raqqah in February

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

In February, Ar Raqqah sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Ar Raqqah in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — 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 February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Ar Raqqah year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	13	4
4	13	4
5	13	4
6	13	4
7	14	4
8	14	4
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	5
14	15	5
15	15	5
16	15	5
17	15	5
18	15	6
19	15	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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