Climate averages 1991–2020
Msalātah weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Msalātah: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (22 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Msalātah, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Msalātah ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Msalātah is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Khums in OctoberLibya · 22 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Zliten in OctoberLibya · 52 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in OctoberLibya · 72 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 81 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tripoli in OctoberLibya · 86 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Janzūr in OctoberLibya · 99 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Misratah in OctoberLibya · 102 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in OctoberLibya · 124 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 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.