Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sirte: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In August its highs average 30.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Sirte, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 14th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Sirte is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Misratah in AugustLibya · 192 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Zliten in AugustLibya · 237 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Khums in AugustLibya · 272 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 285 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Benghazi in AugustLibya · 344 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in AugustLibya · 350 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 357 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 361 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 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.