Climate averages 1991–2020
Zliten weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Zliten: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khums (35 km away). In September its highs average 30.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Zliten, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Zliten ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 9th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 30.9°C; Zliten is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Al Khums in SeptemberLibya · 35 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Misratah in SeptemberLibya · 50 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Msalātah in SeptemberLibya · 52 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in SeptemberLibya · 123 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in SeptemberLibya · 132 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in SeptemberLibya · 137 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Janzūr in SeptemberLibya · 150 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in SeptemberLibya · 175 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 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.