Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Tripoli: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tājūrā’ (15 km away). In December its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Tripoli, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tripoli ranks joint 16th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 17.7°C; Tripoli is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tājūrā’ in DecemberLibya · 15 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Janzūr in DecemberLibya · 18 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in DecemberLibya · 23 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in DecemberLibya · 45 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Şurmān in DecemberLibya · 59 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Şabrātah in DecemberLibya · 66 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in DecemberLibya · 77 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Msalātah in DecemberLibya · 86 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 25 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.