Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tobruk, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks 18th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Tobruk is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.7 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Tobruk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Darnah in AugustLibya · 145 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in AugustLibya · 220 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Al Marj in AugustLibya · 297 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in AugustEgypt · 321 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Benghazi in AugustLibya · 366 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Irákleion in AugustGreece · 377 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in AugustLibya · 384 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Alexandria in AugustEgypt · 573 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 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 Tobruk) is explained once on the Tobruk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.