Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Al Khums: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msalātah (22 km away). In April its highs average 22.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Al Khums, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Al Khums is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 4.4 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 Khums climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 61 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 43 | 6.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 25 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 10 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 34 | 5.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 53 | 8.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Msalātah in AprilLibya · 22 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Zliten in AprilLibya · 35 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Misratah in AprilLibya · 84 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AprilLibya · 89 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AprilLibya · 101 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Tripoli in AprilLibya · 104 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Janzūr in AprilLibya · 118 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AprilLibya · 144 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.8 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 Khums) is explained once on the Al Khums year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.