Climate averages 1991–2020
Janzūr 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 Janzūr: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 30 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 Tripoli (18 km away). In January its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Janzūr, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Janzūr ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Janzūr is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 27 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
Janzūr 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°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 27 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 17 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 33.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 21 | 4.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 26 | 6.0 | 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
- Tripoli in JanuaryLibya · 18 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 22 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JanuaryLibya · 28 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JanuaryLibya · 32 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Şurmān in JanuaryLibya · 42 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Şabrātah in JanuaryLibya · 50 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in JanuaryLibya · 60 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Jumayl in JanuaryLibya · 89 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.3°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 Janzūr) is explained once on the Janzūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.