Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in November.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sabha: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In November its highs average 22.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sabha, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 21 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 21 cities is 22.2°C; Sabha is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Sirte in NovemberLibya · 509 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Misratah in NovemberLibya · 597 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Zliten in NovemberLibya · 604 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Msalātah in NovemberLibya · 618 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Khums in NovemberLibya · 624 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in NovemberLibya · 639 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in NovemberLibya · 657 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Janzūr in NovemberLibya · 657 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 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.