Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Sabha: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 7.6°C cooler than Sabha, with 3.9 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Sabha is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sabha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 38.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 37.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 37.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.510 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
April in nearby cities
- Sirte in AprilLibya · 509 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Misratah in AprilLibya · 597 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Zliten in AprilLibya · 604 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Msalātah in AprilLibya · 618 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Khums in AprilLibya · 624 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AprilLibya · 639 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AprilLibya · 657 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Janzūr in AprilLibya · 657 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 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 Sabha) is explained once on the Sabha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.