Climate averages 1991–2020
Misratah weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Misratah: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zliten (50 km away). In August its highs average 33.7°C, 3.5°C warmer than Misratah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Misratah ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Misratah is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Misratah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 44 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 29 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 20 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 7.3 | 1.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.1 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 27.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 24 | 4.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 27 | 5.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 42 | 7.7 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Zliten in AugustLibya · 50 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Khums in AugustLibya · 84 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 102 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 173 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 182 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Tripoli in AugustLibya · 187 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Sirte in AugustLibya · 192 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 201 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 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 Misratah) is explained once on the Misratah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.