Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In July its highs average 31.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Msalātah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 31.8°C; Msalātah is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Al Khums in JulyLibya · 22 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Zliten in JulyLibya · 52 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JulyLibya · 72 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JulyLibya · 81 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in JulyLibya · 86 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Janzūr in JulyLibya · 99 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Misratah in JulyLibya · 102 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JulyLibya · 124 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.3 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.