Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 1.2°C warmer than Tobruk, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks joint 18th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Tobruk is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Darnah in MayLibya · 145 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in MayLibya · 220 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Marj in MayLibya · 297 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in MayEgypt · 321 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Benghazi in MayLibya · 366 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Irákleion in MayGreece · 377 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MayLibya · 384 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Alexandria in MayEgypt · 573 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.8 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.