Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Al Khums: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msalātah (22 km away). In December its highs average 16.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Al Khums, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Al Khums is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Msalātah in DecemberLibya · 22 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Zliten in DecemberLibya · 35 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Misratah in DecemberLibya · 84 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in DecemberLibya · 89 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in DecemberLibya · 101 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Tripoli in DecemberLibya · 104 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Janzūr in DecemberLibya · 118 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in DecemberLibya · 144 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 25 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.