Climate averages 1991–2020
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Qaşr Bin Ghashīr: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 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 Janzūr (22 km away). In August its highs average 33.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Qaşr Bin Ghashīr, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Qaşr Bin Ghashīr ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Qaşr Bin Ghashīr is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 9.3 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
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.0 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 34.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.3 | 1.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 6.3 | 10.010 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
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 22 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Tripoli in AugustLibya · 23 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 27 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AugustLibya · 43 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Şurmān in AugustLibya · 58 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Şabrātah in AugustLibya · 66 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in AugustLibya · 76 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 81 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 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 Qaşr Bin Ghashīr) is explained once on the Qaşr Bin Ghashīr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.