Ar Raqqah climate

Ar Raqqah Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Ar Raqqah, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 16°C on December 1 to 12°C on December 31, and lows from 5°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 47 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ar Raqqah, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
13°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
47 mm
Reanalysis high
25°CDec 5, 2010
Reanalysis low
-6°CDec 26, 2002
Daylight
9 h 54 min to 9 h 46 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
11.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 116°C5°C24°C 2010-1°C 201122%
Dec 216°C5°C24°C 2010-1°C 201123%
Dec 315°C5°C25°C 2010-1°C 200423%
Dec 415°C5°C25°C 2010-3°C 199424%
Dec 515°C4°C25°C 2010-3°C 199426%
Dec 615°C4°C21°C 2010-6°C 199427%
Dec 715°C4°C20°C 2005-3°C 199428%
Dec 814°C4°C20°C 2005-3°C 199427%
Dec 914°C4°C19°C 2005-4°C 201627%
Dec 1014°C4°C20°C 2010-4°C 201328%
Dec 1114°C4°C19°C 2005-2°C 200828%
Dec 1214°C3°C19°C 2007-4°C 200229%
Dec 1314°C3°C20°C 2007-4°C 200829%
Dec 1413°C3°C19°C 2005-4°C 200228%
Dec 1513°C3°C17°C 2017-4°C 199127%
Dec 1613°C3°C18°C 1998-4°C 201326%
Dec 1713°C3°C18°C 2003-5°C 201326%
Dec 1813°C3°C20°C 2017-4°C 201625%
Dec 1913°C2°C18°C 2009-5°C 201624%
Dec 2013°C2°C17°C 2010-5°C 201623%
Dec 2113°C2°C19°C 2017-4°C 201321%
Dec 2213°C2°C18°C 2009-6°C 200221%
Dec 2313°C2°C18°C 2009-5°C 200222%
Dec 2412°C2°C19°C 2017-3°C 200222%
Dec 2512°C2°C19°C 1996-5°C 199221%
Dec 2612°C2°C16°C 1996-6°C 200222%
Dec 2712°C2°C19°C 1996-5°C 199223%
Dec 2812°C2°C19°C 1995-4°C 199224%
Dec 2912°C2°C21°C 2009-5°C 200525%
Dec 3012°C2°C19°C 1999-4°C 200726%
Dec 3112°C2°C17°C 1999-3°C 199228%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ar Raqqah, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

December 1
sunrise 7:16 AM, sunset 5:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 5:20 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.