Climate averages 1991–2020
Darnah weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Darnah: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bayḑā’ (82 km away). In January its highs average 12.5°C, 4.1°C cooler than Darnah, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Darnah ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Darnah is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Darnah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 31 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 23 | 4.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 5.5 | 1.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 22 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Bayḑā’ in JanuaryLibya · 82 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Tobruk in JanuaryLibya · 145 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Marj in JanuaryLibya · 172 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Benghazi in JanuaryLibya · 252 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JanuaryLibya · 319 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Irákleion in JanuaryGreece · 367 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in JanuaryEgypt · 461 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Glyfáda in JanuaryGreece · 576 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 51 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 Darnah) is explained once on the Darnah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.