Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In April its highs average 22.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Msalātah, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Msalātah is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Msalātah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 12 | 2.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 30.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 17 | 3.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 25 | 5.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Al Khums in AprilLibya · 22 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Zliten in AprilLibya · 52 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AprilLibya · 72 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AprilLibya · 81 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Tripoli in AprilLibya · 86 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Janzūr in AprilLibya · 99 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Misratah in AprilLibya · 102 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AprilLibya · 124 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.8 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 Msalātah) is explained once on the Msalātah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.