Climate averages 1991–2020

Darnah weather
in April.

A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 23.2°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 13.3°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 7.1 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Darnah · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Darnah: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bayḑā’ (82 km away). In April its highs average 19.6°C, 3.6°C cooler than Darnah, with 16 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Darnah ranks 13th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Darnah is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.1 mm to 5.5 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

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

Every month, side by side

Darnah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Darnah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.6°C10.1°C10.1°C315.810.310 h
February 17.2°C10.0°C10.0°C234.911.011 h
March 19.9°C11.1°C11.1°C143.712.012 h
April, selected 23.2°C13.3°C13.3°C7.12.013.013 h
May 26.7°C16.6°C16.6°C5.51.313.814 h
June 29.6°C20.1°C20.1°C1.20.414.314 h
July 30.8°C22.4°C22.4°C0.20.114.114 h
August 31.1°C23.0°C23.0°C0.50.213.413 h
September 29.8°C21.2°C21.2°C6.91.312.412 h
October 26.7°C18.4°C18.4°C112.811.411 h
November 22.1°C14.7°C14.7°C152.810.511 h
December 18.1°C11.7°C11.7°C225.210.010 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Darnah

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 Darnah) is explained once on the Darnah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.