Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In September its highs average 29.8°C, 0.5°C warmer than Tobruk, with 6.9 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks 18th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Tobruk is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 5.4 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Darnah in SeptemberLibya · 145 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in SeptemberLibya · 220 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Al Marj in SeptemberLibya · 297 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in SeptemberEgypt · 321 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Benghazi in SeptemberLibya · 366 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Irákleion in SeptemberGreece · 377 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in SeptemberLibya · 384 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Alexandria in SeptemberEgypt · 573 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.4 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.