Tripoli climate

Name: Tripoli
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Tripoli is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 10 °C. January is the wettest month (36 mm) and July the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tripoli averages 189 mm of rain and 176 days above 25 °C.

Libya · population 1,302,947 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month February 10 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 36 mm
Least cloud July 5 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record February 5.2 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectTripoli through the year

Tripoli has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in February to 32 °C in August, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 176 days a year reach 25 °C, 86 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 36 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Tripoli 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	16.4 °C	36 mm	40 %
February	17.1 °C	30 mm	37 %
March	19.7 °C	20 mm	35 %
April	22.9 °C	11 mm	32 %
May	26.1 °C	5 mm	30 %
June	29.4 °C	1 mm	16 %
July	31.3 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
August	32.0 °C	1 mm	7 %
September	30.6 °C	10 mm	21 %
October	27.3 °C	19 mm	35 %
November	22.2 °C	24 mm	40 %
December	17.8 °C	31 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.4 °C	10.4 °C	13.2 °C	25.6 °C	5.3 °C	0	0
February	17.1 °C	10.4 °C	13.6 °C	31.4 °C	5.2 °C	1	0
March	19.7 °C	12.1 °C	15.8 °C	34.7 °C	6.0 °C	3	1
April	22.9 °C	14.3 °C	18.5 °C	37.2 °C	7.9 °C	8	2
May	26.1 °C	17.5 °C	21.6 °C	45.0 °C	9.8 °C	17	5
June	29.4 °C	20.6 °C	24.8 °C	43.5 °C	12.2 °C	27	11
July	31.3 °C	22.5 °C	26.8 °C	41.7 °C	17.0 °C	31	20
August	32.0 °C	23.6 °C	27.6 °C	40.8 °C	18.9 °C	31	25
September	30.6 °C	23.0 °C	26.6 °C	40.6 °C	16.3 °C	29	16
October	27.3 °C	20.1 °C	23.5 °C	42.9 °C	12.8 °C	22	6
November	22.2 °C	15.7 °C	18.7 °C	36.5 °C	8.8 °C	6	0
December	17.8 °C	12.0 °C	14.7 °C	28.9 °C	5.4 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	36 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	66 %	20 km/h	17.1 °C
February	30 mm	5	11 h/day	37 %	64 %	20 km/h	16.1 °C
March	20 mm	4	12 h/day	35 %	63 %	21 km/h	16.1 °C
April	11 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	61 %	21 km/h	17.1 °C
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	30 %	60 %	20 km/h	19.1 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	61 %	19 km/h	22.1 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	64 %	18 km/h	25.4 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	7 %	65 %	17 km/h	27.2 °C
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	64 %	18 km/h	26.9 °C
October	19 mm	4	11 h/day	35 %	64 %	17 km/h	25.2 °C
November	24 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	62 %	18 km/h	22.6 °C
December	31 mm	6	10 h/day	42 %	64 %	19 km/h	19.5 °C

How Tripoli 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
Tripoli	32 °C	10 °C	189 mm	176
Az Zāwīyah · Libya	34 °C	9.2 °C	173 mm	194
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 Tripoli ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	9thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	12thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in November	14thof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	19thof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	19thof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tripoli’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tripoli?

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 Tripoli get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 86 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 10 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tripoli?

January, averaging 36 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 189 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 Tripoli 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.