Climate averages 1991–2020
Misratah weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th 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 Misratah: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th 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 Zliten (50 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Misratah, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Misratah ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Misratah is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 27 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Zliten in OctoberLibya · 50 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Khums in OctoberLibya · 84 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Msalātah in OctoberLibya · 102 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in OctoberLibya · 173 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 182 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tripoli in OctoberLibya · 187 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Sirte in OctoberLibya · 192 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Janzūr in OctoberLibya · 201 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 17 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.