Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Jumayl weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Jumayl: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ajaylat (31 km away). In January its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Al Jumayl, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Jumayl ranks 16th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Al Jumayl is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 16 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
Al Jumayl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 16 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 18 | 3.7 | 10.010 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
- Al Ajaylat in JanuaryLibya · 31 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Şabrātah in JanuaryLibya · 40 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Şurmān in JanuaryLibya · 49 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JanuaryLibya · 63 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in JanuaryTunisia · 85 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Janzūr in JanuaryLibya · 89 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Tripoli in JanuaryLibya · 105 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 107 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 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 Al Jumayl) is explained once on the Al Jumayl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.