Tripoli weather in August

In August, Tripoli has daytime highs averaging 32 °C, nights around 24 °C, with 0.3 wet days, and a sea temperature of 27 °C. Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

  1. Jan 13°
  2. Feb 14°
  3. Mar 16°
  4. Apr 18°
  5. May 22°
  6. Jun 25°
  7. Jul 27°
  8. Aug 28°
  9. Sep 27°
  10. Oct 23°
  11. Nov 19°
  12. Dec 15°

Daily temperatures through August

20° 28° 36° 18152229
Daily high Daily low Day of month on the horizontal axis. Highs peak at 33.0 °C and lows bottom out at 22.6 °C.

How August develops

Averages for the first, middle and last part of the month, from daily 1991–2020 normals. Chance of rain is the share of years in which that calendar day recorded more than 1 mm.

Days Avg high Avg low Chance of rain
1–10 August 31.9 °C 23.3 °C 0 %
11–20 August 32.3 °C 23.8 °C 0 %
21–31 August 31.9 °C 23.6 °C 2 %
0% 50% 100% 1 5 10 15 20 25 30
Chance of a wet day (over 1 mm) by date in August. Wettest date over the 30 years: August 31, at 7 %. Single dates are noisy — read the shape, not the spikes.

What to expect

Measure Typical August Share of the month
Days above 25 °C 31 of 31 100 %
Days above 30 °C 25 of 31 80 %
Days below 0 °C 0 of 31 0 %
Days with more than 1 mm rain 0.3 of 31 1 %

Conditions in August

MeasureAverage
Mean temperature 28 °C
Record high (1991–2020) 41 °C
Record low (1991–2020) 19 °C
Relative humidity 65 %
Wind speed 17 km/h
Cloud cover 7 %

Where Tripoli ranks in August

Ranking Position Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August 25th of 50 27 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in August 42nd of 50 89/100

August compared with the months around it

Month Avg high Rainfall Cloud
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 %

See all twelve months for Tripoli

QuestionsAugust in Tripoli, answered

How warm is Tripoli in August?

Daily highs average 32 °C and nights fall to about 24 °C, a spread of 8.5 °C between afternoon and dawn. That makes August the 1st warmest month of the year here.

Does it rain much in Tripoli in August?

August averages 1 mm of rain, spread over about 0 of the 31 days — 1 % of the month. Cloud cover averages 7 % of the sky.

Is the sea warm enough to swim in August?

The sea averages 27 °C off Tripoli in August. Most people find water below 20 °C bracing and above 25 °C comfortable for a long swim; this figure is a monthly surface average, so a sheltered bay on a still afternoon can be warmer.

How long are the days in August?

Tripoli averages 13 hours between sunrise and sunset in August. Day length is computed from latitude and date, so it is exact rather than modelled — but it says nothing about how much of that time is sunny.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: daylight hours, beach and comfort scores, monthly rankings, threshold day counts, chance of a wet day by date, ten-day averages within the month. 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.