Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Msalātah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Msalātah is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 11 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Khums in AugustLibya · 22 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Zliten in AugustLibya · 52 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 72 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 81 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Tripoli in AugustLibya · 86 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 99 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Misratah in AugustLibya · 102 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AugustLibya · 124 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.2 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.