Climate averages 1991–2020
Misratah weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet 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 Misratah: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zliten (50 km away). In January its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Misratah, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Misratah ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Misratah is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 29 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
Misratah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 50 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Khums in JanuaryLibya · 84 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Msalātah in JanuaryLibya · 102 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JanuaryLibya · 173 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 182 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Tripoli in JanuaryLibya · 187 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Sirte in JanuaryLibya · 192 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Janzūr in JanuaryLibya · 201 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 30 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.