Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In December its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Tobruk, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Tobruk is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Darnah in DecemberLibya · 145 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in DecemberLibya · 220 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Al Marj in DecemberLibya · 297 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in DecemberEgypt · 321 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Benghazi in DecemberLibya · 366 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Irákleion in DecemberGreece · 377 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in DecemberLibya · 384 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Alexandria in DecemberEgypt · 573 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 35 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.