Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Al Khums: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msalātah (22 km away). In September its highs average 29.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Al Khums, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest September highs and joint 18th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Al Khums is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Msalātah in SeptemberLibya · 22 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Zliten in SeptemberLibya · 35 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Misratah in SeptemberLibya · 84 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in SeptemberLibya · 89 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in SeptemberLibya · 101 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in SeptemberLibya · 104 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Janzūr in SeptemberLibya · 118 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in SeptemberLibya · 144 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 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.