Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Sabha: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In October its highs average 27.6°C, 3.0°C cooler than Sabha, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Sabha is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sirte in OctoberLibya · 509 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Misratah in OctoberLibya · 597 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Zliten in OctoberLibya · 604 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Msalātah in OctoberLibya · 618 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Khums in OctoberLibya · 624 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 639 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in OctoberLibya · 657 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Janzūr in OctoberLibya · 657 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 17 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.