Zliten climate

Name: Zliten
Address: LY

Zliten is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.8 °C. January is the wettest month (26 mm) and July the driest (0.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zliten averages 147 mm of rain and 192 days above 25 °C.

Libya · population 203,790 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January 9.8 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 26 mm
Least cloud July 7 % cloud
Hottest on record June 46 °C
Coldest on record December 3.1 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectZliten through the year

Zliten has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 192 days a year reach 25 °C, 114 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 26 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Zliten is warmest in August at 27 °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	17.1 °C	26 mm	39 %
February	18.1 °C	19 mm	36 %
March	21.0 °C	18 mm	35 %
April	24.4 °C	9 mm	32 %
May	27.8 °C	5 mm	30 %
June	31.3 °C	1 mm	18 %
July	33.1 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
August	33.5 °C	1 mm	10 %
September	31.9 °C	10 mm	21 %
October	28.3 °C	17 mm	36 %
November	22.9 °C	17 mm	39 %
December	18.5 °C	23 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	17.1 °C	9.8 °C	13.2 °C	28.1 °C	3.2 °C	0	0
February	18.1 °C	9.8 °C	13.6 °C	34.7 °C	4.0 °C	2	0
March	21.0 °C	11.5 °C	15.9 °C	36.6 °C	5.7 °C	6	1
April	24.4 °C	13.7 °C	18.7 °C	41.4 °C	8.0 °C	12	4
May	27.8 °C	16.7 °C	21.9 °C	44.5 °C	10.5 °C	21	9
June	31.3 °C	19.8 °C	25.2 °C	46.1 °C	13.7 °C	29	17
July	33.1 °C	22.0 °C	27.2 °C	45.9 °C	16.9 °C	31	25
August	33.5 °C	23.0 °C	27.9 °C	43.9 °C	18.8 °C	31	29
September	31.9 °C	22.3 °C	26.6 °C	43.7 °C	16.5 °C	30	19
October	28.3 °C	19.4 °C	23.5 °C	42.5 °C	12.7 °C	24	9
November	22.9 °C	14.8 °C	18.6 °C	36.5 °C	6.7 °C	7	1
December	18.5 °C	11.2 °C	14.6 °C	31.4 °C	3.1 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	26 mm	6	10 h/day	39 %	67 %	24 km/h	17.5 °C
February	19 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	64 %	25 km/h	16.5 °C
March	18 mm	4	12 h/day	35 %	63 %	25 km/h	16.3 °C
April	9 mm	2	13 h/day	32 %	60 %	26 km/h	17.2 °C
May	5 mm	1	14 h/day	30 %	60 %	24 km/h	19.2 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	18 %	60 %	22 km/h	22.5 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	62 %	21 km/h	25.8 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	10 %	64 %	20 km/h	27.4 °C
September	10 mm	1	12 h/day	21 %	64 %	21 km/h	26.9 °C
October	17 mm	3	11 h/day	36 %	65 %	20 km/h	25.2 °C
November	17 mm	4	11 h/day	39 %	63 %	21 km/h	22.7 °C
December	23 mm	5	10 h/day	41 %	65 %	23 km/h	19.8 °C

How Zliten 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
Zliten	33 °C	9.8 °C	147 mm	192
Misratah · Libya	30 °C	11 °C	124 mm	157
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
Sfax · Tunisia	32 °C	8.7 °C	182 mm	160

Where Zliten ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	9thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	13thof 50	100/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	20thof 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in November	23rdof 50	86/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	23rdof 50	27 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in March	25thof 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zliten’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zliten?

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 Zliten get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 114 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 9.8 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Zliten?

January, averaging 26 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 147 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 Zliten 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.