Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In July its highs average 30.8°C, 0.9°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 July highs and joint 1st of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 31.8°C; Tobruk is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Darnah in JulyLibya · 145 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in JulyLibya · 220 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Al Marj in JulyLibya · 297 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in JulyEgypt · 321 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Benghazi in JulyLibya · 366 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Irákleion in JulyGreece · 377 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JulyLibya · 384 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Alexandria in JulyEgypt · 573 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.2°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.