Climate averages 1991–2020
Darnah weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Darnah: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th 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 Al Bayḑā’ (82 km away). In October its highs average 23.2°C, 3.5°C cooler than Darnah, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Darnah ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 4th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Darnah is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 15 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
Darnah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Bayḑā’ in OctoberLibya · 82 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Tobruk in OctoberLibya · 145 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Al Marj in OctoberLibya · 172 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Benghazi in OctoberLibya · 252 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in OctoberLibya · 319 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Irákleion in OctoberGreece · 367 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in OctoberEgypt · 461 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Glyfáda in OctoberGreece · 576 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 26 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.