Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Al Khums: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msalātah (22 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Al Khums, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks 13th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 8th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Al Khums is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 22 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Zliten in AugustLibya · 35 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Misratah in AugustLibya · 84 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 89 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 101 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Tripoli in AugustLibya · 104 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 118 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AugustLibya · 144 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.2 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.