Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Sirte: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, 2.4°C cooler than Sirte, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Sirte is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Misratah in MayLibya · 192 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Zliten in MayLibya · 237 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Al Khums in MayLibya · 272 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Msalātah in MayLibya · 285 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Benghazi in MayLibya · 344 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MayLibya · 350 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in MayLibya · 357 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MayLibya · 361 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.3 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.