Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Sirte: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Sirte, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Sirte is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Misratah in OctoberLibya · 192 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Zliten in OctoberLibya · 237 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Khums in OctoberLibya · 272 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Msalātah in OctoberLibya · 285 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Benghazi in OctoberLibya · 344 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in OctoberLibya · 350 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in OctoberLibya · 357 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 361 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 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.