Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sirte: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In September its highs average 29.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Sirte, with 8.9 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Sirte is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.0 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Misratah in SeptemberLibya · 192 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Zliten in SeptemberLibya · 237 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Al Khums in SeptemberLibya · 272 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Msalātah in SeptemberLibya · 285 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Benghazi in SeptemberLibya · 344 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in SeptemberLibya · 350 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in SeptemberLibya · 357 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in SeptemberLibya · 361 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 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.