Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Sirte: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In February its highs average 17.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sirte, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 17.3°C; Sirte is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 22 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Misratah in FebruaryLibya · 192 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Zliten in FebruaryLibya · 237 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Khums in FebruaryLibya · 272 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Msalātah in FebruaryLibya · 285 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Benghazi in FebruaryLibya · 344 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in FebruaryLibya · 350 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in FebruaryLibya · 357 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in FebruaryLibya · 361 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.6°C · 30 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.