Climate averages 1991–2020
Ajdabiya weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ajdabiya: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (152 km away). In October its highs average 27.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ajdabiya, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Ajdabiya ranks joint 2nd of 21 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Ajdabiya is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Benghazi in OctoberLibya · 152 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Marj in OctoberLibya · 201 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in OctoberLibya · 266 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Darnah in OctoberLibya · 319 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Sirte in OctoberLibya · 350 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Tobruk in OctoberLibya · 384 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Misratah in OctoberLibya · 519 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Zliten in OctoberLibya · 568 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 17 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.