Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Sirte: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In January its highs average 16.8°C, about as warm as Sirte, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Sirte is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 192 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 237 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Khums in JanuaryLibya · 272 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Msalātah in JanuaryLibya · 285 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Benghazi in JanuaryLibya · 344 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JanuaryLibya · 350 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JanuaryLibya · 357 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JanuaryLibya · 361 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 33 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.