Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Sirte: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In June its highs average 27.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Sirte, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest June highs and joint 4th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 30.3°C; Sirte is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Misratah in JuneLibya · 192 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Zliten in JuneLibya · 237 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Khums in JuneLibya · 272 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Msalātah in JuneLibya · 285 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Benghazi in JuneLibya · 344 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JuneLibya · 350 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in JuneLibya · 357 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in JuneLibya · 361 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 20.2°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.