Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Khums: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msalātah (22 km away). In January its highs average 15.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Al Khums, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks joint 9th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Al Khums is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 43 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 Khums climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Msalātah in JanuaryLibya · 22 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 35 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 84 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JanuaryLibya · 89 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 101 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Tripoli in JanuaryLibya · 104 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Janzūr in JanuaryLibya · 118 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JanuaryLibya · 144 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 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.