Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tripoli: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tājūrā’ (15 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as Tripoli, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tripoli ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Tripoli is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Tripoli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 9.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 12 | 1.9 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.7 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 72 | 9.4 | 10.010 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
August in nearby cities
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 15 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 18 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 23 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AugustLibya · 45 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Şurmān in AugustLibya · 59 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Şabrātah in AugustLibya · 66 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in AugustLibya · 77 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 86 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 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 Tripoli) is explained once on the Tripoli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Tājūrā’ lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.