Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In February its highs average 17.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Msalātah, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 17.3°C; Msalātah is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Al Khums in FebruaryLibya · 22 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Zliten in FebruaryLibya · 52 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in FebruaryLibya · 72 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in FebruaryLibya · 81 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Tripoli in FebruaryLibya · 86 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Janzūr in FebruaryLibya · 99 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Misratah in FebruaryLibya · 102 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in FebruaryLibya · 124 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 27 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.