Climate averages 1991–2020
Ajdabiya weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Ajdabiya: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (152 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 3.3°C cooler than Ajdabiya, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Ajdabiya ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Ajdabiya is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.1 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Benghazi in MayLibya · 152 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Al Marj in MayLibya · 201 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in MayLibya · 266 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Darnah in MayLibya · 319 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Sirte in MayLibya · 350 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Tobruk in MayLibya · 384 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Misratah in MayLibya · 519 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Zliten in MayLibya · 568 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.9 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.