Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Sabha: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In January its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Sabha, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks joint 1st of 21 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Sabha is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.0 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sirte in JanuaryLibya · 509 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 597 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 604 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Msalātah in JanuaryLibya · 618 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Khums in JanuaryLibya · 624 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 639 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in JanuaryLibya · 657 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Janzūr in JanuaryLibya · 657 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 30 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.