Climate averages 1991–2020
Zliten 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 Zliten: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 23.1°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 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (35 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Zliten, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Zliten ranks joint 5th 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; Zliten is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 8.8 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
Zliten climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 26 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 19 | 4.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 18 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 8.8 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 23 | 5.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Al Khums in AugustLibya · 35 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Misratah in AugustLibya · 50 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Msalātah in AugustLibya · 52 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in AugustLibya · 123 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in AugustLibya · 132 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Tripoli in AugustLibya · 137 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Janzūr in AugustLibya · 150 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in AugustLibya · 175 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 1.2 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 Zliten) is explained once on the Zliten year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.