Climate averages 1991–2020
Zliten weather
in May.
A hot, 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 hot month in Zliten: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 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 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (35 km away). In May its highs average 26.0°C, 2.0°C cooler than Zliten, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Zliten ranks joint 6th of 21 for the warmest May highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Zliten is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.9 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Khums in MayLibya · 35 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Misratah in MayLibya · 50 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Msalātah in MayLibya · 52 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in MayLibya · 123 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MayLibya · 132 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in MayLibya · 137 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Janzūr in MayLibya · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MayLibya · 175 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 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.