Bani Walid climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bani Walid?

Bani Walid has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bani Walid?

The hottest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2024, reaching 46.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bani Walid?

The coldest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -5.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bani Walid?

Almost never: Bani Walid sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bani Walid warmed?

Yes: Bani Walid warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bani Walid?

The wettest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2004, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bani Walid?

The windiest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1994, with winds reaching 71.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bani Walid?

The warmest month in Bani Walid is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bani Walid?

Bani Walid receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bani Walid?

Bani Walid gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bani Walid (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 69 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 (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Bani Walid averages 1 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.

Bani Walid has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.9 °C (on 12 June 2024) and the coldest -5.4 °C (on 6 January 1941).

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

Bani WalidMisratah

coords: 31.75°, 13.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.1°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

14.4°C

Annual rainfall

69mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

24.0km/h

Seasonal range

16.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

16 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.1 °C

Average feels-like low

12.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

85 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.5 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

46.9 °C

12 June 2024

Coldest day

-5.4 °C

6 January 1941

Wettest day

41 mm

3 March 2004

Windiest day

71.4 km/h

5 April 1994

Strongest gust

116.3 km/h

5 April 1994

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

2 July 2021

Coldest feels-like

-10.2 °C

6 January 1941

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

14 January 1995

Sunniest day

14.0 h

13 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	45.3 °C26 July 2025	4.9 °C20 January 2025	21.5 °C	62 mm	155	0
2024	46.9 °C12 June 2024	5.3 °C10 January 2024	22.2 °C	57 mm	159	0
2023	46.0 °C30 July 2023	2.4 °C29 January 2023	21.4 °C	52 mm	136	0
2022	43.4 °C29 June 2022	3.8 °C29 January 2022	21.6 °C	36 mm	147	0
2021	44.9 °C1 July 2021	3.9 °C17 February 2021	21.9 °C	19 mm	152	0
2020	43.8 °C14 May 2020	2.5 °C8 February 2020	21.1 °C	58 mm	151	0
2019	46.0 °C15 July 2019	4.1 °C31 December 2019	20.9 °C	58 mm	139	0
2018	45.0 °C23 July 2018	3.9 °C30 December 2018	21.5 °C	68 mm	147	0
2017	42.5 °C12 May 2017	2.3 °C11 January 2017	20.3 °C	99 mm	124	0
2016	44.3 °C17 June 2016	3.7 °C19 January 2016	21.6 °C	22 mm	167	0
2015	43.4 °C25 June 2015	2.2 °C7 February 2015	20.6 °C	58 mm	142	0
2014	45.4 °C10 July 2014	2.4 °C2 January 2014	21.3 °C	60 mm	153	0
2013	43.3 °C6 June 2013	2.7 °C9 February 2013	21.3 °C	27 mm	169	0
2012	41.9 °C12 July 2012	-0.7 °C10 February 2012	20.8 °C	33 mm	165	2
2011	45.5 °C23 July 2011	3.9 °C21 December 2011	20.2 °C	51 mm	132	0
2010	44.7 °C17 June 2010	2.1 °C18 December 2010	21.9 °C	28 mm	152	0
2009	44.9 °C8 July 2009	3.2 °C16 February 2009	20.9 °C	60 mm	145	0
2008	42.2 °C26 July 2008	2.4 °C13 December 2008	21.0 °C	127 mm	162	0
2007	43.9 °C21 June 2007	1.5 °C19 December 2007	21.1 °C	50 mm	138	0
2006	43.8 °C16 August 2006	3.2 °C6 January 2006	20.6 °C	121 mm	136	0
2005	43.6 °C11 July 2005	1.5 °C18 February 2005	20.6 °C	75 mm	133	0
2004	43.1 °C23 June 2004	2.1 °C2 February 2004	20.5 °C	102 mm	141	0
2003	44.2 °C1 July 2003	2.5 °C8 February 2003	20.9 °C	73 mm	150	0
2002	44.0 °C7 August 2002	3.4 °C13 January 2002	20.9 °C	65 mm	141	0
2001	42.9 °C11 July 2001	2.2 °C4 February 2001	21.2 °C	26 mm	159	0
2000	43.5 °C11 July 2000	1.8 °C16 January 2000	20.6 °C	30 mm	142	0
1999	44.1 °C9 August 1999	0.7 °C2 February 1999	21.4 °C	82 mm	165	0
1998	44.2 °C5 September 1998	2.9 °C24 January 1998	20.5 °C	48 mm	143	0
1997	46.1 °C28 June 1997	3.3 °C30 December 1997	20.4 °C	77 mm	133	0
1996	44.9 °C8 July 1996	3.4 °C24 February 1996	20.7 °C	72 mm	128	0
1995	44.7 °C27 June 1995	1.7 °C7 January 1995	20.3 °C	85 mm	131	0
1994	43.2 °C18 August 1994	4.1 °C1 February 1994	20.5 °C	97 mm	139	0
1993	43.0 °C23 June 1993	2.5 °C26 February 1993	20.3 °C	39 mm	148	0
1992	43.5 °C7 July 1992	3.5 °C25 February 1992	19.8 °C	64 mm	130	0
1991	41.7 °C19 June 1991	3.3 °C17 February 1991	19.7 °C	95 mm	127	0
1990	42.3 °C12 June 1990	4.0 °C15 December 1990	20.5 °C	82 mm	151	0
1989	42.0 °C12 September 1989	4.1 °C5 January 1989	20.2 °C	61 mm	129	0
1988	43.6 °C2 July 1988	3.9 °C11 March 1988	20.3 °C	104 mm	134	0
1987	43.2 °C15 June 1987	1.3 °C2 January 1987	20.1 °C	62 mm	140	0
1986	42.3 °C15 July 1986	2.0 °C12 February 1986	19.6 °C	75 mm	124	0
1985	43.9 °C20 June 1985	2.7 °C11 January 1985	20.2 °C	62 mm	132	0
1984	44.5 °C14 August 1984	1.6 °C19 February 1984	19.6 °C	70 mm	121	0
1983	44.3 °C28 June 1983	-0.1 °C6 February 1983	19.8 °C	37 mm	124	1
1982	42.5 °C8 August 1982	2.4 °C25 December 1982	19.9 °C	112 mm	140	0
1981	44.8 °C10 July 1981	-0.2 °C11 January 1981	20.0 °C	25 mm	146	1
1980	44.4 °C14 June 1980	2.1 °C24 January 1980	19.0 °C	86 mm	116	0
1979	42.3 °C7 August 1979	-0.4 °C18 January 1979	19.7 °C	39 mm	126	1
1978	45.5 °C20 June 1978	3.3 °C10 January 1978	19.3 °C	111 mm	114	0
1977	45.2 °C8 July 1977	0.7 °C19 January 1977	20.3 °C	26 mm	128	0
1976	43.1 °C28 August 1976	0.7 °C30 January 1976	18.6 °C	247 mm	109	0
1975	42.0 °C16 June 1975	1.7 °C13 January 1975	19.5 °C	84 mm	125	0
1974	44.6 °C27 June 1974	1.9 °C11 February 1974	19.3 °C	118 mm	123	0
1973	44.7 °C22 June 1973	1.1 °C3 March 1973	19.6 °C	56 mm	149	0
1972	44.3 °C15 June 1972	1.1 °C23 January 1972	19.4 °C	182 mm	118	0
1971	43.3 °C5 July 1971	0.8 °C4 March 1971	19.7 °C	54 mm	125	0
1970	41.2 °C17 June 1970	-1.6 °C1 March 1970	19.7 °C	32 mm	119	1
1969	44.2 °C13 June 1969	-0.4 °C23 December 1969	19.8 °C	109 mm	121	1
1968	45.2 °C11 August 1968	0.4 °C7 February 1968	19.9 °C	56 mm	131	0
1967	41.1 °C8 July 1967	0.4 °C8 January 1967	19.1 °C	53 mm	116	0
1966	43.9 °C21 July 1966	2.2 °C9 January 1966	19.8 °C	75 mm	123	0
1965	43.5 °C24 July 1965	0.3 °C12 February 1965	19.1 °C	58 mm	117	0
1964	43.7 °C15 August 1964	1.4 °C28 December 1964	19.7 °C	66 mm	132	0
1963	43.5 °C14 June 1963	1.3 °C30 January 1963	19.6 °C	84 mm	118	0
1962	43.8 °C13 July 1962	1.8 °C31 January 1962	19.7 °C	116 mm	126	0
1961	43.9 °C27 May 1961	2.4 °C2 January 1961	19.3 °C	84 mm	121	0
1960	45.0 °C2 July 1960	-0.3 °C15 January 1960	20.3 °C	55 mm	147	2
1959	45.9 °C5 August 1959	1.6 °C1 February 1959	19.1 °C	83 mm	124	0
1958	45.0 °C23 June 1958	0.1 °C26 January 1958	19.7 °C	51 mm	137	0
1957	42.7 °C25 June 1957	0.5 °C4 March 1957	19.2 °C	119 mm	121	0
1956	44.0 °C28 June 1956	0.4 °C5 February 1956	18.9 °C	63 mm	129	0
1955	46.3 °C2 August 1955	2.8 °C3 March 1955	20.6 °C	43 mm	153	0
1954	44.0 °C1 July 1954	0.6 °C24 February 1954	18.8 °C	44 mm	116	0
1953	44.5 °C7 July 1953	-1.7 °C16 January 1953	19.1 °C	73 mm	140	2
1952	44.8 °C27 July 1952	-0.8 °C22 January 1952	19.9 °C	38 mm	153	1
1951	42.6 °C26 June 1951	0.2 °C18 December 1951	19.7 °C	69 mm	142	0
1950	42.4 °C8 August 1950	1.0 °C26 December 1950	18.9 °C	86 mm	134	0
1949	42.6 °C17 June 1949	0.3 °C6 March 1949	18.9 °C	54 mm	126	0
1948	42.3 °C6 July 1948	1.2 °C22 December 1948	19.2 °C	56 mm	137	0
1947	44.4 °C2 September 1947	-1.4 °C25 December 1947	20.0 °C	58 mm	128	4
1946	42.4 °C27 August 1946	-2.3 °C25 February 1946	19.9 °C	40 mm	151	1
1945	44.7 °C19 August 1945	-2.0 °C12 January 1945	19.2 °C	56 mm	137	7
1944	42.9 °C20 May 1944	-1.2 °C9 January 1944	18.6 °C	56 mm	133	5
1943	41.6 °C8 July 1943	1.8 °C3 January 1943	19.0 °C	110 mm	133	0
1942	43.6 °C18 June 1942	-1.1 °C5 February 1942	19.2 °C	94 mm	143	4
1941	44.0 °C13 July 1941	-5.4 °C6 January 1941	19.0 °C	42 mm	135	12
1940	45.5 °C24 June 1940	-1.9 °C21 December 1940	18.9 °C	36 mm	131	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

155 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

62 mm

-7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.4 °C	+1.8 °C	6 mm	-2 mm
Feb	18.3 °C	-0.1 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Mar	24.9 °C	+3.4 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Apr	26.1 °C	+0.4 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
May	31.3 °C	+1.6 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Jun	34.1 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	36.9 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	36.2 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-3 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Dec	17.7 °C	+0.1 °C	23 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.3 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.9 °C

20 Jan 2025

Wettest day

11.8 mm

2 Dec 2025

Windiest day

46.9 km/h

15 May 2025

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

2 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.3 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

27 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bani Walid?

Bani Walid has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 69 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bani Walid?

The hottest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 2024, reaching 46.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bani Walid?

The coldest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -5.4 °C.

Does it snow in Bani Walid?

Almost never: Bani Walid sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bani Walid warmed?

Yes: Bani Walid warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bani Walid?

The wettest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2004, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bani Walid?

The windiest day measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1994, with winds reaching 71.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bani Walid?

The warmest month in Bani Walid is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bani Walid?

Bani Walid receives on average 69 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bani Walid?

Bani Walid gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bani Walid?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bani Walid between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1995, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Bani Walid?

Yes: Bani Walid has on average 85 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bani Walid?

In Bani Walid, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.0 °C on 2 July 2021, and the lowest was -10.2 °C on 6 January 1941.

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