Climate averages 1991–2020
Ajdabiya weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Ajdabiya: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (152 km away). In January its highs average 16.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ajdabiya, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Ajdabiya ranks joint 1st of 21 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Ajdabiya is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Benghazi in JanuaryLibya · 152 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Marj in JanuaryLibya · 201 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in JanuaryLibya · 266 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Darnah in JanuaryLibya · 319 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Sirte in JanuaryLibya · 350 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Tobruk in JanuaryLibya · 384 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 519 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 568 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 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.