Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zāwīyah weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Az Zāwīyah: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th 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 Şurmān (15 km away). In September its highs average 32.0°C, about as warm as Az Zāwīyah, with 9.7 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Az Zāwīyah ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest September highs and joint 20th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Az Zāwīyah is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 18 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Şurmān in SeptemberLibya · 15 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Şabrātah in SeptemberLibya · 23 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Janzūr in SeptemberLibya · 28 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in SeptemberLibya · 33 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in SeptemberLibya · 43 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in SeptemberLibya · 45 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in SeptemberLibya · 60 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Al Jumayl in SeptemberLibya · 63 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 7.4 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.