Climate averages 1991–2020

Az Zāwīyah weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 22.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Az Zāwīyah: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Şurmān (15 km away). In July its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Az Zāwīyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Az Zāwīyah ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 31.8°C; Az Zāwīyah is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Az Zāwīyah climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Az Zāwīyah, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	16.7°C9.5°C	9.5°C	29	5.4	10.310 h
February	17.8°C9.7°C	9.7°C	27	4.7	11.011 h
March	21.0°C11.8°C	11.8°C	17	3.5	12.012 h
April	24.7°C14.4°C	14.4°C	9.8	2.0	13.013 h
May	28.2°C17.8°C	17.8°C	4.9	1.0	13.814 h
June	31.4°C20.8°C	20.8°C	1.1	0.4	14.314 h
July, selected	33.2°C22.7°C	22.7°C	0.3	0.0	14.114 h
August	33.8°C23.7°C	23.7°C	1.2	0.3	13.413 h
September	32.0°C23.0°C	23.0°C	11	1.9	12.412 h
October	28.2°C19.9°C	19.9°C	18	3.4	11.411 h
November	22.6°C15.0°C	15.0°C	21	4.2	10.511 h
December	18.0°C11.1°C	11.1°C	25	5.2	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Az Zāwīyah

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Az Zāwīyah) is explained once on the Az Zāwīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.