Ajdabiya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ajdabiya?

The hottest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1961, reaching 47.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ajdabiya?

The coldest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at -1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ajdabiya?

Almost never: Ajdabiya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ajdabiya warmed?

Yes: Ajdabiya warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ajdabiya?

The wettest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1985, with 20 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ajdabiya?

The windiest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 69.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ajdabiya?

The warmest month in Ajdabiya is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ajdabiya (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Ajdabiya averages 0 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 19 rainy days per year.

Ajdabiya has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.0 °C (on 29 May 1961) and the coldest -1.0 °C (on 7 January 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AjdabiyaAl Wahat

coords: 30.76°, 20.23°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

66mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

25.1km/h

Seasonal range

15.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

19 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.9 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

39.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

117 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

47.0 °C

29 May 1961

Coldest day

-1.0 °C

7 January 1945

Wettest day

20 mm

16 December 1985

Windiest day

69.8 km/h

8 February 1996

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

18 December 1962

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

13 June 1995

Coldest feels-like

-6.6 °C

10 January 1945

Sunniest day

13.3 h

5 July 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.9 °C26 July 2025	6.4 °C10 February 2025	22.2 °C	25 mm	158	0
2024	45.2 °C20 May 2024	4.6 °C31 January 2024	23.2 °C	61 mm	169	0
2023	46.0 °C24 July 2023	3.4 °C22 January 2023	22.2 °C	63 mm	146	0
2022	43.3 °C5 April 2022	3.4 °C10 February 2022	21.9 °C	84 mm	153	0
2021	45.2 °C7 May 2021	4.4 °C23 January 2021	22.7 °C	24 mm	164	0
2020	42.0 °C18 May 2020	4.1 °C10 January 2020	21.8 °C	64 mm	149	0
2019	41.3 °C14 June 2019	3.3 °C18 January 2019	21.7 °C	86 mm	158	0
2018	43.4 °C8 August 2018	3.6 °C19 January 2018	22.7 °C	38 mm	165	0
2017	42.4 °C30 June 2017	2.3 °C2 January 2017	21.1 °C	52 mm	142	0
2016	42.6 °C30 May 2016	4.1 °C31 December 2016	22.3 °C	25 mm	175	0
2015	41.8 °C26 May 2015	3.5 °C9 January 2015	21.4 °C	39 mm	140	0
2014	42.9 °C18 June 2014	5.9 °C13 March 2014	21.7 °C	55 mm	142	0
2013	46.5 °C28 May 2013	5.4 °C18 February 2013	22.0 °C	54 mm	153	0
2012	42.8 °C21 May 2012	3.4 °C20 January 2012	21.6 °C	68 mm	161	0
2011	43.1 °C7 June 2011	4.2 °C9 March 2011	20.8 °C	81 mm	119	0
2010	44.7 °C18 June 2010	4.4 °C5 February 2010	22.6 °C	21 mm	164	0
2009	41.1 °C17 September 2009	5.8 °C1 January 2009	21.8 °C	41 mm	148	0
2008	41.8 °C21 April 2008	4.3 °C20 February 2008	22.0 °C	20 mm	162	0
2007	42.5 °C26 June 2007	5.4 °C6 February 2007	21.7 °C	53 mm	137	0
2006	41.5 °C17 September 2006	4.8 °C28 December 2006	21.3 °C	56 mm	144	0
2005	43.7 °C18 May 2005	4.6 °C25 December 2005	21.4 °C	59 mm	148	0
2004	41.8 °C17 June 2004	5.0 °C31 December 2004	21.5 °C	33 mm	146	0
2003	41.7 °C10 September 2003	5.6 °C24 February 2003	21.6 °C	46 mm	160	0
2002	45.3 °C11 August 2002	3.9 °C3 January 2002	21.7 °C	41 mm	137	0
2001	41.1 °C24 May 2001	5.5 °C18 February 2001	21.6 °C	64 mm	147	0
2000	39.7 °C9 September 2000	5.6 °C4 January 2000	21.0 °C	53 mm	139	0
1999	41.5 °C20 May 1999	4.7 °C14 February 1999	21.8 °C	44 mm	152	0
1998	43.1 °C4 July 1998	5.0 °C20 March 1998	21.4 °C	55 mm	152	0
1997	44.7 °C29 June 1997	5.5 °C22 January 1997	21.1 °C	36 mm	134	0
1996	42.5 °C4 September 1996	5.4 °C22 January 1996	21.3 °C	86 mm	140	0
1995	46.0 °C13 June 1995	3.1 °C8 January 1995	21.5 °C	53 mm	137	0
1994	39.8 °C17 May 1994	4.5 °C5 December 1994	21.3 °C	101 mm	147	0
1993	42.9 °C15 September 1993	4.3 °C2 February 1993	21.3 °C	47 mm	155	0
1992	41.2 °C10 July 1992	3.9 °C2 January 1992	20.5 °C	44 mm	125	0
1991	42.3 °C20 June 1991	5.9 °C3 February 1991	20.9 °C	127 mm	134	0
1990	41.3 °C13 June 1990	4.7 °C11 January 1990	21.4 °C	40 mm	143	0
1989	41.2 °C9 September 1989	3.1 °C1 January 1989	21.3 °C	50 mm	146	0
1988	45.4 °C19 June 1988	6.1 °C29 December 1988	21.8 °C	88 mm	146	0
1987	40.9 °C25 July 1987	4.9 °C21 January 1987	20.7 °C	71 mm	121	0
1986	42.9 °C8 June 1986	5.9 °C9 January 1986	20.7 °C	109 mm	120	0
1985	39.7 °C27 April 1985	3.9 °C26 February 1985	21.0 °C	103 mm	128	0
1984	41.5 °C17 May 1984	4.1 °C20 February 1984	20.7 °C	62 mm	124	0
1983	40.2 °C21 June 1983	3.7 °C27 February 1983	20.6 °C	57 mm	127	0
1982	44.1 °C10 August 1982	3.6 °C5 February 1982	20.7 °C	57 mm	140	0
1981	43.4 °C27 June 1981	1.9 °C12 January 1981	21.2 °C	100 mm	146	0
1980	42.7 °C30 May 1980	5.4 °C2 February 1980	20.6 °C	36 mm	120	0
1979	42.3 °C21 August 1979	2.9 °C9 January 1979	21.0 °C	65 mm	133	0
1978	44.0 °C21 June 1978	3.9 °C3 January 1978	20.7 °C	86 mm	117	0
1977	41.6 °C24 August 1977	4.9 °C16 January 1977	21.1 °C	48 mm	135	0
1976	40.3 °C24 August 1976	0.7 °C10 February 1976	20.4 °C	81 mm	123	0
1975	41.4 °C24 May 1975	3.9 °C17 January 1975	20.3 °C	68 mm	117	0
1974	42.7 °C11 June 1974	4.6 °C13 February 1974	20.8 °C	83 mm	143	0
1973	43.6 °C23 June 1973	1.7 °C15 January 1973	20.8 °C	58 mm	139	0
1972	44.1 °C15 June 1972	4.2 °C24 January 1972	21.1 °C	75 mm	133	0
1971	40.6 °C18 June 1971	5.1 °C28 December 1971	20.7 °C	101 mm	135	0
1970	42.2 °C10 May 1970	4.4 °C26 January 1970	20.7 °C	49 mm	116	0
1969	45.9 °C14 June 1969	4.4 °C28 December 1969	21.0 °C	135 mm	124	0
1968	45.0 °C12 August 1968	5.1 °C10 February 1968	20.8 °C	121 mm	129	0
1967	44.5 °C18 June 1967	-0.2 °C26 December 1967	20.1 °C	57 mm	127	1
1966	42.9 °C26 July 1966	5.7 °C14 December 1966	21.1 °C	86 mm	125	0
1965	42.0 °C4 June 1965	1.8 °C19 December 1965	20.2 °C	76 mm	123	0
1964	40.1 °C28 May 1964	3.2 °C7 January 1964	20.7 °C	32 mm	121	0
1963	43.0 °C16 June 1963	2.7 °C1 February 1963	20.8 °C	40 mm	133	0
1962	41.4 °C5 June 1962	4.5 °C3 February 1962	20.9 °C	107 mm	136	0
1961	47.0 °C29 May 1961	5.1 °C23 January 1961	20.1 °C	106 mm	117	0
1960	44.4 °C4 July 1960	4.9 °C29 January 1960	21.2 °C	58 mm	145	0
1959	43.0 °C6 August 1959	2.7 °C24 January 1959	20.1 °C	58 mm	114	0
1958	40.9 °C24 June 1958	2.7 °C29 January 1958	20.9 °C	34 mm	126	0
1957	41.2 °C27 May 1957	3.8 °C4 February 1957	20.5 °C	87 mm	122	0
1956	41.3 °C25 May 1956	4.0 °C10 February 1956	20.3 °C	61 mm	128	0
1955	43.1 °C2 June 1955	5.4 °C1 January 1955	21.3 °C	34 mm	144	0
1954	40.0 °C4 June 1954	3.6 °C17 January 1954	19.8 °C	80 mm	118	0
1953	41.4 °C8 June 1953	3.1 °C19 December 1953	19.8 °C	118 mm	129	0
1952	39.4 °C24 August 1952	0.9 °C22 January 1952	20.5 °C	78 mm	142	0
1951	40.7 °C7 September 1951	2.3 °C24 January 1951	20.7 °C	49 mm	129	0
1950	38.2 °C24 June 1950	0.7 °C15 January 1950	19.9 °C	66 mm	122	0
1949	39.1 °C25 June 1949	2.3 °C9 January 1949	19.8 °C	70 mm	108	0
1948	40.7 °C12 June 1948	2.0 °C24 January 1948	19.7 °C	69 mm	116	0
1947	41.7 °C1 September 1947	2.6 °C20 December 1947	20.9 °C	61 mm	127	0
1946	40.5 °C30 May 1946	2.6 °C4 January 1946	20.6 °C	60 mm	145	0
1945	42.2 °C15 August 1945	-1.0 °C7 January 1945	20.1 °C	71 mm	138	2
1944	39.7 °C19 June 1944	3.6 °C30 March 1944	19.8 °C	113 mm	110	0
1943	37.9 °C23 July 1943	1.4 °C6 March 1943	19.7 °C	63 mm	109	0
1942	39.2 °C14 May 1942	2.1 °C6 January 1942	20.1 °C	56 mm	130	0
1941	42.4 °C7 August 1941	0.8 °C7 January 1941	20.0 °C	87 mm	118	0
1940	42.6 °C24 June 1940	1.3 °C23 December 1940	19.8 °C	139 mm	122	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

25 mm

-41 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.1 °C	+2.9 °C	2 mm	-15 mm
Feb	19.5 °C	+0.7 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
Mar	26.0 °C	+4.2 °C	2 mm	-5 mm
Apr	26.2 °C	0.0 °C	4 mm	+2 mm
May	31.7 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jun	33.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	34.9 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	34.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Sep	33.0 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+0.6 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Nov	24.5 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Dec	19.5 °C	+1.0 °C	11 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.4 °C

10 Feb 2025

Wettest day

2.9 mm

8 Apr 2025

Windiest day

44.7 km/h

15 May 2025

Strongest gust

65.5 km/h

16 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.8 °C

24 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

15 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 66 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ajdabiya?

The hottest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 29 May 1961, reaching 47.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ajdabiya?

The coldest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1945, at -1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Ajdabiya?

Almost never: Ajdabiya sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ajdabiya warmed?

Yes: Ajdabiya warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ajdabiya?

The wettest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1985, with 20 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ajdabiya?

The windiest day measured in Ajdabiya between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 69.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ajdabiya?

The warmest month in Ajdabiya is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya receives on average 66 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 19 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ajdabiya?

Ajdabiya gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ajdabiya?

Yes: Ajdabiya has on average 117 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ajdabiya?

In Ajdabiya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 13 June 1995, and the lowest was -6.6 °C on 10 January 1945.

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