Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Sirte: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In April its highs average 21.4°C, 2.2°C cooler than Sirte, with 7.3 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Sirte is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.9 mm to 2.8 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
Sirte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 22 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 16 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.0 | 10.210 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
- Misratah in AprilLibya · 192 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Zliten in AprilLibya · 237 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Al Khums in AprilLibya · 272 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Msalātah in AprilLibya · 285 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 12 mm rain
- Benghazi in AprilLibya · 344 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in AprilLibya · 350 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AprilLibya · 357 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AprilLibya · 361 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 11 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 Sirte) is explained once on the Sirte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.