Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zāwīyah weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Az Zāwīyah: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şurmān (15 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Az Zāwīyah, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Az Zāwīyah ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Az Zāwīyah is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Az Zāwīyah climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Şurmān in OctoberLibya · 15 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Şabrātah in OctoberLibya · 23 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Janzūr in OctoberLibya · 28 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in OctoberLibya · 33 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 43 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tripoli in OctoberLibya · 45 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in OctoberLibya · 60 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Jumayl in OctoberLibya · 63 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 16 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 Az Zāwīyah) is explained once on the Az Zāwīyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.