Misratah climate

Name: Misratah
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Misratah is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (23 mm) and July the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Misratah averages 124 mm of rain and 157 days above 25 °C.

Libya · population 355,657 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month February 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 23 mm
Least cloud July 7 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January 3.1 °C
Warmest sea August 28 °C

What to expectMisratah through the year

Misratah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in February to 30 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 47 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 23 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Misratah is warmest in August at 28 °C and coldest in March 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	23 mm	38 %
February	17.4 °C	15 mm	35 %
March	19.3 °C	16 mm	34 %
April	21.7 °C	6 mm	31 %
May	24.4 °C	3 mm	29 %
June	27.4 °C	1 mm	16 %
July	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
August	30.4 °C	1 mm	9 %
September	29.4 °C	7 mm	20 %
October	26.8 °C	15 mm	34 %
November	22.3 °C	14 mm	38 %
December	18.3 °C	22 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	11.2 °C	14.0 °C	27.1 °C	3.1 °C	0	0
February	17.4 °C	11.2 °C	14.2 °C	33.0 °C	5.5 °C	1	0
March	19.3 °C	12.7 °C	15.9 °C	34.4 °C	7.4 °C	2	0
April	21.7 °C	14.7 °C	18.0 °C	39.8 °C	9.3 °C	5	1
May	24.4 °C	17.4 °C	20.8 °C	44.4 °C	11.4 °C	9	3
June	27.4 °C	20.4 °C	23.9 °C	44.0 °C	14.5 °C	23	5
July	29.6 °C	22.9 °C	26.2 °C	44.6 °C	18.3 °C	31	9
August	30.4 °C	24.1 °C	27.2 °C	43.5 °C	20.5 °C	31	15
September	29.4 °C	23.6 °C	26.3 °C	42.1 °C	17.4 °C	29	9
October	26.8 °C	20.8 °C	23.7 °C	42.6 °C	14.0 °C	21	5
November	22.3 °C	16.4 °C	19.4 °C	33.2 °C	8.9 °C	4	0
December	18.3 °C	12.8 °C	15.5 °C	28.1 °C	4.5 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	23 mm	5	10 h/day	38 %	68 %	25 km/h	17.6 °C
February	15 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	66 %	26 km/h	16.6 °C
March	16 mm	3	12 h/day	34 %	67 %	27 km/h	16.4 °C
April	6 mm	1	13 h/day	31 %	67 %	28 km/h	17.4 °C
May	3 mm	1	14 h/day	29 %	69 %	26 km/h	19.4 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	71 %	24 km/h	22.6 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	72 %	23 km/h	25.9 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	9 %	71 %	22 km/h	27.5 °C
September	7 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	69 %	23 km/h	26.8 °C
October	15 mm	3	11 h/day	34 %	67 %	22 km/h	25.2 °C
November	14 mm	3	11 h/day	38 %	65 %	22 km/h	22.7 °C
December	22 mm	4	10 h/day	40 %	65 %	24 km/h	19.8 °C

How Misratah 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
Misratah	30 °C	11 °C	124 mm	157
Zliten · Libya	33 °C	9.8 °C	147 mm	192
Tripoli · Libya	32 °C	10 °C	189 mm	176
Az Zāwīyah · Libya	34 °C	9.2 °C	173 mm	194
Valletta · Malta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95
Benghazi · Libya	31 °C	11 °C	172 mm	178
Sfax · Tunisia	32 °C	8.7 °C	182 mm	160

Where Misratah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	6thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	7thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	7thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	8thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	10thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in July	19thof 50	98/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Misratah.

QuestionsCommon questions about Misratah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Misratah?

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 Misratah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 47 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Misratah?

January, averaging 23 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 124 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 Misratah 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
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.