Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In December its highs average 18.2°C, 1.6°C warmer than Msalātah, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Msalātah is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Al Khums in DecemberLibya · 22 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Zliten in DecemberLibya · 52 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in DecemberLibya · 72 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in DecemberLibya · 81 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Tripoli in DecemberLibya · 86 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Janzūr in DecemberLibya · 99 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Misratah in DecemberLibya · 102 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in DecemberLibya · 124 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 25 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.