Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Sabha: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 8.7°C cooler than Sabha, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Sabha is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 31.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Sirte in MayLibya · 509 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Misratah in MayLibya · 597 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Zliten in MayLibya · 604 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Msalātah in MayLibya · 618 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Al Khums in MayLibya · 624 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MayLibya · 639 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MayLibya · 657 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Janzūr in MayLibya · 657 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.5 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.