Climate averages 1991–2020
Zliten weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Zliten: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (35 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Zliten, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Zliten ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest October highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 27.4°C; Zliten is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Khums in OctoberLibya · 35 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Misratah in OctoberLibya · 50 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Msalātah in OctoberLibya · 52 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in OctoberLibya · 123 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in OctoberLibya · 132 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tripoli in OctoberLibya · 137 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Janzūr in OctoberLibya · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in OctoberLibya · 175 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 18 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.