Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in November.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sirte: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In November its highs average 22.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sirte, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest November highs and joint 6th of 21 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 21 cities is 22.2°C; Sirte is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Misratah in NovemberLibya · 192 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Zliten in NovemberLibya · 237 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Khums in NovemberLibya · 272 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Msalātah in NovemberLibya · 285 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Benghazi in NovemberLibya · 344 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in NovemberLibya · 350 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in NovemberLibya · 357 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in NovemberLibya · 361 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 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.