Climate averages 1991–2020
Tripoli weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Tripoli: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tājūrā’ (15 km away). In May its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Tripoli, with 4.3 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tripoli ranks joint 14th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Tripoli is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.3 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tājūrā’ in MayLibya · 15 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Janzūr in MayLibya · 18 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MayLibya · 23 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MayLibya · 45 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Şurmān in MayLibya · 59 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Şabrātah in MayLibya · 66 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in MayLibya · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Msalātah in MayLibya · 86 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.3 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.