Monthly Climate
Menu

Best time to visit Tripoli

November is the best time to visit Tripoli for general sightseeing, with average highs of 22 °C and about 5 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly March to May. The sea stays above 20 °C from June to November.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking November comfort 98/100
A beach holiday October sea 25 °C
The least cloud July 5 % average cloud cover
The least rain July 0 mm
Warmth August 32 °C
Cooler weather January 16 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 November 98 22 °C 5 81
2 April 96 23 °C 2 67
3 March 93 20 °C 4 51
4 May 90 26 °C 1 83
5 December 87 18 °C 6 52
6 February 85 17 °C 5 39
7 October 85 27 °C 4 98
8 January 81 16 °C 6 38
9 June 78 29 °C 0 93
10 September 71 31 °C 2 94
11 July 70 31 °C 0 93
12 August 67 32 °C 0 89

For a beach holiday

October scores highest, with a sea temperature of 25 °C and air temperatures around 27 °C. The sea is above 20 °C from June to November.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 17 °C 16 °C 40 % 38
February 16 °C 17 °C 37 % 39
March 16 °C 20 °C 35 % 51
April 17 °C 23 °C 32 % 67
May 19 °C 26 °C 30 % 83
June 22 °C 29 °C 16 % 93
July 25 °C 31 °C 5 % 93
August 27 °C 32 °C 7 % 89
September 27 °C 31 °C 21 % 94
October 25 °C 27 °C 35 % 98
November 23 °C 22 °C 40 % 81
December 20 °C 18 °C 42 % 52

When to think twice

August scores lowest with about 0 wet days and highs near 32 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

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: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.