Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Tobruk, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks 18th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Tobruk is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 9.9 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Darnah in OctoberLibya · 145 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in OctoberLibya · 220 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Marj in OctoberLibya · 297 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in OctoberEgypt · 321 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.3°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Benghazi in OctoberLibya · 366 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Irákleion in OctoberGreece · 377 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in OctoberLibya · 384 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Alexandria in OctoberEgypt · 573 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 7.9 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.