Climate averages 1991–2020
Ajdabiya weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Ajdabiya: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (152 km away). In December its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Ajdabiya, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Ajdabiya ranks joint 1st of 21 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Ajdabiya is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ajdabiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 18.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 14 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Benghazi in DecemberLibya · 152 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Al Marj in DecemberLibya · 201 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in DecemberLibya · 266 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Darnah in DecemberLibya · 319 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Sirte in DecemberLibya · 350 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Tobruk in DecemberLibya · 384 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Misratah in DecemberLibya · 519 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Zliten in DecemberLibya · 568 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 23 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ajdabiya) is explained once on the Ajdabiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.