Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Sirte: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In December its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Sirte, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Sirte is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Misratah in DecemberLibya · 192 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Zliten in DecemberLibya · 237 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Khums in DecemberLibya · 272 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Msalātah in DecemberLibya · 285 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Benghazi in DecemberLibya · 344 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in DecemberLibya · 350 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in DecemberLibya · 357 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in DecemberLibya · 361 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 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.