Gharyan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gharyan?

Gharyan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 157 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1959, reaching 45.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gharyan?

The coldest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -2.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gharyan?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gharyan warmed?

Yes: Gharyan warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gharyan?

The wettest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1974, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gharyan?

The windiest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1974, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gharyan?

The warmest month in Gharyan is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gharyan?

Gharyan receives on average 157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gharyan?

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

Gharyan (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 157 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 (10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Gharyan averages 0 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 32 rainy days per year.

Gharyan has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 5 August 1959) and the coldest -2.9 °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

GharyanJabal al Gharbi

coords: 32.17°, 13.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

14.7°C

Annual rainfall

157mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

21.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

32 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.2 cm

Average feels-like high

23.3 °C

Average feels-like low

12.7 °C

Average peak gust

38.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

96 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

45.6 °C

5 August 1959

Coldest day

-2.9 °C

6 January 1941

Wettest day

53 mm

20 October 1974

Windiest day

60.2 km/h

23 February 1974

Strongest gust

105.8 km/h

23 February 2006

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

30 June 2021

Coldest feels-like

-7.9 °C

9 January 1981

Snowiest day

3.1 cm

18 December 1962

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.4 °C25 July 2025	4.7 °C11 February 2025	21.3 °C	86 mm	139	0
2024	44.8 °C11 June 2024	4.9 °C1 February 2024	21.9 °C	118 mm	149	0
2023	43.5 °C25 July 2023	4.4 °C30 January 2023	20.8 °C	126 mm	122	0
2022	42.9 °C18 August 2022	3.5 °C26 January 2022	21.1 °C	103 mm	132	0
2021	43.4 °C4 July 2021	2.0 °C5 January 2021	21.7 °C	35 mm	140	0
2020	43.4 °C14 May 2020	3.8 °C9 February 2020	20.8 °C	125 mm	131	0
2019	42.6 °C28 July 2019	3.5 °C16 January 2019	20.3 °C	230 mm	125	0
2018	43.8 °C23 July 2018	2.8 °C30 December 2018	20.9 °C	166 mm	125	0
2017	42.3 °C12 May 2017	2.8 °C19 January 2017	19.8 °C	252 mm	112	0
2016	44.0 °C16 June 2016	4.0 °C17 January 2016	21.4 °C	55 mm	145	0
2015	41.2 °C13 June 2015	2.8 °C1 January 2015	20.3 °C	96 mm	132	0
2014	44.0 °C3 August 2014	2.4 °C31 December 2014	21.2 °C	149 mm	144	0
2013	42.0 °C6 June 2013	3.0 °C11 February 2013	21.0 °C	118 mm	142	0
2012	41.6 °C12 July 2012	0.2 °C9 February 2012	20.6 °C	130 mm	156	0
2011	44.5 °C23 July 2011	3.8 °C21 December 2011	19.8 °C	155 mm	117	0
2010	43.1 °C10 June 2010	3.2 °C17 December 2010	21.5 °C	101 mm	137	0
2009	44.2 °C8 July 2009	3.0 °C17 February 2009	20.5 °C	120 mm	126	0
2008	44.3 °C13 July 2008	2.3 °C19 February 2008	20.7 °C	196 mm	145	0
2007	43.4 °C20 June 2007	2.3 °C20 December 2007	20.8 °C	154 mm	133	0
2006	42.8 °C15 August 2006	1.8 °C7 January 2006	20.5 °C	208 mm	128	0
2005	42.9 °C17 May 2005	1.6 °C17 February 2005	20.4 °C	145 mm	123	0
2004	41.9 °C11 August 2004	3.2 °C2 February 2004	20.3 °C	135 mm	133	0
2003	43.0 °C3 July 2003	2.1 °C8 February 2003	20.6 °C	177 mm	144	0
2002	42.4 °C14 July 2002	1.7 °C9 January 2002	20.6 °C	167 mm	124	0
2001	42.4 °C10 July 2001	3.3 °C4 February 2001	20.9 °C	129 mm	140	0
2000	42.9 °C11 July 2000	2.9 °C16 January 2000	20.2 °C	105 mm	121	0
1999	42.9 °C9 August 1999	-0.9 °C2 February 1999	21.4 °C	196 mm	154	1
1998	42.9 °C8 September 1998	3.0 °C12 March 1998	19.9 °C	205 mm	132	0
1997	44.5 °C10 July 1997	3.3 °C30 December 1997	20.2 °C	165 mm	115	0
1996	43.7 °C8 July 1996	2.6 °C24 February 1996	20.3 °C	155 mm	115	0
1995	44.6 °C26 June 1995	1.2 °C15 January 1995	20.0 °C	224 mm	117	0
1994	41.4 °C18 August 1994	4.0 °C1 February 1994	20.2 °C	213 mm	130	0
1993	43.0 °C3 July 1993	2.7 °C26 February 1993	20.2 °C	97 mm	128	0
1992	40.6 °C7 July 1992	2.7 °C7 January 1992	19.3 °C	115 mm	115	0
1991	42.8 °C31 July 1991	2.8 °C16 February 1991	19.0 °C	246 mm	116	0
1990	42.2 °C12 June 1990	2.8 °C8 December 1990	20.4 °C	122 mm	139	0
1989	41.5 °C12 September 1989	3.7 °C7 March 1989	19.8 °C	120 mm	117	0
1988	45.0 °C1 July 1988	3.2 °C27 February 1988	20.2 °C	219 mm	130	0
1987	43.5 °C15 June 1987	1.3 °C21 January 1987	20.0 °C	138 mm	129	0
1986	40.9 °C7 June 1986	1.9 °C26 December 1986	19.2 °C	207 mm	110	0
1985	42.0 °C17 June 1985	1.6 °C11 January 1985	19.8 °C	130 mm	110	0
1984	42.8 °C13 August 1984	1.9 °C17 February 1984	19.3 °C	162 mm	116	0
1983	42.9 °C9 August 1983	1.1 °C6 February 1983	19.2 °C	128 mm	111	0
1982	42.6 °C24 June 1982	2.0 °C7 February 1982	19.7 °C	203 mm	125	0
1981	43.8 °C3 July 1981	-1.0 °C10 January 1981	19.7 °C	117 mm	126	2
1980	43.5 °C13 June 1980	2.1 °C13 January 1980	18.6 °C	237 mm	99	0
1979	41.4 °C3 July 1979	-0.5 °C18 January 1979	19.3 °C	173 mm	114	1
1978	45.0 °C20 June 1978	1.2 °C3 January 1978	19.1 °C	149 mm	99	0
1977	45.4 °C8 July 1977	1.2 °C19 January 1977	20.1 °C	137 mm	110	0
1976	41.2 °C14 September 1976	0.8 °C30 January 1976	18.3 °C	379 mm	97	0
1975	39.3 °C16 June 1975	2.0 °C4 December 1975	18.8 °C	155 mm	102	0
1974	42.9 °C26 June 1974	2.9 °C10 February 1974	18.5 °C	317 mm	94	0
1973	43.4 °C15 July 1973	1.4 °C3 March 1973	19.1 °C	168 mm	136	0
1972	42.1 °C14 June 1972	2.9 °C23 January 1972	19.0 °C	324 mm	103	0
1971	42.4 °C18 June 1971	2.3 °C4 March 1971	19.0 °C	162 mm	104	0
1970	43.3 °C24 June 1970	1.2 °C1 March 1970	19.3 °C	66 mm	107	0
1969	42.8 °C29 May 1969	1.5 °C23 December 1969	19.3 °C	191 mm	98	0
1968	43.8 °C11 August 1968	1.9 °C14 March 1968	19.4 °C	135 mm	105	0
1967	42.2 °C17 June 1967	0.9 °C8 January 1967	18.6 °C	144 mm	109	0
1966	43.2 °C27 August 1966	1.5 °C31 January 1966	19.0 °C	211 mm	109	0
1965	42.9 °C1 August 1965	0.1 °C22 February 1965	18.8 °C	120 mm	110	0
1964	43.2 °C15 August 1964	1.6 °C29 December 1964	19.0 °C	179 mm	111	0
1963	41.6 °C16 June 1963	1.4 °C30 January 1963	18.9 °C	225 mm	101	0
1962	42.7 °C13 July 1962	2.1 °C10 January 1962	18.8 °C	241 mm	90	0
1961	42.3 °C27 May 1961	1.5 °C26 February 1961	18.7 °C	142 mm	98	0
1960	44.2 °C12 August 1960	0.7 °C19 January 1960	20.0 °C	132 mm	127	0
1959	45.6 °C5 August 1959	0.6 °C20 January 1959	18.8 °C	106 mm	107	0
1958	44.4 °C3 July 1958	0.1 °C26 January 1958	19.4 °C	71 mm	118	0
1957	42.0 °C24 June 1957	0.4 °C5 March 1957	18.5 °C	223 mm	90	0
1956	43.4 °C16 July 1956	-0.3 °C9 February 1956	18.6 °C	108 mm	108	2
1955	45.0 °C2 August 1955	2.7 °C6 January 1955	20.3 °C	172 mm	135	0
1954	43.9 °C5 July 1954	0.5 °C2 January 1954	18.3 °C	102 mm	97	0
1953	41.9 °C2 July 1953	0.1 °C16 January 1953	18.9 °C	146 mm	132	0
1952	42.4 °C28 July 1952	0.7 °C21 January 1952	19.7 °C	97 mm	144	0
1951	42.7 °C26 June 1951	1.6 °C8 January 1951	19.5 °C	138 mm	118	0
1950	40.7 °C23 June 1950	-0.2 °C22 January 1950	18.5 °C	190 mm	122	1
1949	40.8 °C16 June 1949	0.2 °C30 January 1949	18.7 °C	135 mm	124	0
1948	42.2 °C11 July 1948	2.3 °C15 January 1948	18.8 °C	130 mm	123	0
1947	42.7 °C1 September 1947	0.3 °C27 December 1947	19.9 °C	85 mm	128	0
1946	41.7 °C16 June 1946	0.6 °C26 February 1946	19.8 °C	97 mm	143	0
1945	44.1 °C19 August 1945	-0.8 °C8 January 1945	18.9 °C	169 mm	133	4
1944	43.4 °C10 August 1944	-1.0 °C10 January 1944	18.3 °C	177 mm	126	3
1943	41.4 °C26 July 1943	1.3 °C3 January 1943	18.6 °C	244 mm	120	0
1942	43.6 °C18 June 1942	-1.2 °C13 January 1942	18.9 °C	140 mm	121	4
1941	42.4 °C4 August 1941	-2.9 °C6 January 1941	18.6 °C	130 mm	120	9
1940	43.4 °C24 June 1940	-1.8 °C31 December 1940	18.4 °C	106 mm	116	9

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.4 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

139 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

86 mm

-71 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.7 °C	+2.0 °C	13 mm	-11 mm
Feb	17.6 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	-14 mm
Mar	24.6 °C	+4.7 °C	19 mm	-3 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-8 mm
May	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	8 mm	+1 mm
Jun	33.2 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Jul	35.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	34.7 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-5 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-14 mm
Nov	22.3 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-16 mm
Dec	17.3 °C	+1.3 °C	21 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.4 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.7 °C

11 Feb 2025

Wettest day

8.1 mm

31 Mar 2025

Windiest day

50.6 km/h

15 May 2025

Strongest gust

86.0 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.3 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gharyan?

Gharyan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 157 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gharyan?

The hottest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1959, reaching 45.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gharyan?

The coldest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -2.9 °C.

Does it snow in Gharyan?

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

Has the climate of Gharyan warmed?

Yes: Gharyan warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gharyan?

The wettest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 October 1974, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gharyan?

The windiest day measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1974, with winds reaching 60.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gharyan?

The warmest month in Gharyan is August (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Gharyan?

Gharyan receives on average 157 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gharyan?

Gharyan 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 Gharyan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gharyan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1962, with 3.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Gharyan?

Yes: Gharyan has on average 96 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gharyan?

In Gharyan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 30 June 2021, and the lowest was -7.9 °C on 9 January 1981.

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