Az Zāwīyah climate

Name: Az Zāwīyah
Address: LY

Az Zāwīyah is warmest in August, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.2 °C. January is the wettest month (30 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Az Zāwīyah averages 173 mm of rain and 194 days above 25 °C.

Libya · population 200,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 34 °C
Coldest month January 9.2 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 30 mm
Least cloud July 5 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record February 3.4 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectAz Zāwīyah through the year

Az Zāwīyah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 34 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 194 days a year reach 25 °C, 119 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 30 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Az Zāwīyah is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 16 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.8 °C	30 mm	37 %
February	17.8 °C	27 mm	36 %
March	21.1 °C	19 mm	34 %
April	24.8 °C	9 mm	32 %
May	28.2 °C	5 mm	30 %
June	31.5 °C	1 mm	17 %
July	33.3 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
August	33.8 °C	1 mm	8 %
September	32.1 °C	11 mm	22 %
October	28.2 °C	21 mm	36 %
November	22.6 °C	22 mm	39 %
December	18.1 °C	26 mm	40 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.8 °C	9.2 °C	12.7 °C	26.3 °C	3.6 °C	0	0
February	17.8 °C	9.4 °C	13.3 °C	33.0 °C	3.4 °C	1	0
March	21.1 °C	11.5 °C	16.0 °C	37.8 °C	5.3 °C	5	1
April	24.8 °C	14.2 °C	19.2 °C	38.9 °C	7.1 °C	13	4
May	28.2 °C	17.5 °C	22.5 °C	45.4 °C	10.1 °C	22	10
June	31.5 °C	20.6 °C	25.8 °C	45.8 °C	13.6 °C	29	17
July	33.3 °C	22.5 °C	27.6 °C	44.3 °C	17.8 °C	31	26
August	33.8 °C	23.5 °C	28.3 °C	43.4 °C	19.2 °C	31	29
September	32.1 °C	22.8 °C	27.0 °C	43.5 °C	16.4 °C	30	21
October	28.2 °C	19.6 °C	23.5 °C	43.7 °C	12.7 °C	24	10
November	22.6 °C	14.7 °C	18.3 °C	37.2 °C	6.9 °C	7	1
December	18.1 °C	10.8 °C	14.1 °C	30.5 °C	4.8 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	30 mm	5	10 h/day	37 %	68 %	20 km/h	17.0 °C
February	27 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	65 %	20 km/h	16.0 °C
March	19 mm	4	12 h/day	34 %	62 %	21 km/h	16.0 °C
April	9 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	59 %	22 km/h	17.1 °C
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	30 %	57 %	21 km/h	19.2 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	17 %	58 %	21 km/h	22.2 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	61 %	19 km/h	25.5 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	8 %	62 %	18 km/h	27.3 °C
September	11 mm	2	12 h/day	22 %	63 %	19 km/h	27.0 °C
October	21 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	65 %	17 km/h	25.3 °C
November	22 mm	4	10 h/day	39 %	64 %	18 km/h	22.6 °C
December	26 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	66 %	19 km/h	19.5 °C

How Az Zāwīyah compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Az Zāwīyah	34 °C	9.2 °C	173 mm	194
Tripoli · Libya	32 °C	10 °C	189 mm	176
Zliten · Libya	33 °C	9.8 °C	147 mm	192
Misratah · Libya	30 °C	11 °C	124 mm	157
Sfax · Tunisia	32 °C	8.7 °C	182 mm	160

Where Az Zāwīyah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	5th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	6th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	15th of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	19th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	19th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	23rd of 50	98/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Az Zāwīyah.

QuestionsCommon questions about Az Zāwīyah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Az Zāwīyah?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Az Zāwīyah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 119 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.2 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Az Zāwīyah?

January, averaging 30 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 173 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Az Zāwīyah rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 32.757°, 12.728° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.