Climate averages 1991–2020
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr weather
in July.
A very 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 very hot month in Qaşr Bin Ghashīr: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°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 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janzūr (22 km away). In July its highs average 33.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Qaşr Bin Ghashīr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Qaşr Bin Ghashīr ranks 2nd 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; Qaşr Bin Ghashīr is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
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, selected | 34.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Janzūr in JulyLibya · 22 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in JulyLibya · 23 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JulyLibya · 27 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JulyLibya · 43 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Şurmān in JulyLibya · 58 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Şabrātah in JulyLibya · 66 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in JulyLibya · 76 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Msalātah in JulyLibya · 81 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.0°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 Qaşr Bin Ghashīr) is explained once on the Qaşr Bin Ghashīr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.