Qaşr Khiyār climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Qaşr Khiyār?

Qaşr Khiyār has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 185 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qaşr Khiyār?

The hottest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 45.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The coldest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1981, at 2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Qaşr Khiyār?

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

Q: Has the climate of Qaşr Khiyār warmed?

Yes: Qaşr Khiyār warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The wettest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2017, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The windiest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1988, with winds reaching 63.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Qaşr Khiyār?

The warmest month in Qaşr Khiyār is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Qaşr Khiyār?

Qaşr Khiyār receives on average 185 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 40 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Qaşr Khiyār?

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

Qaşr Khiyār (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 185 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 (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Qaşr Khiyār averages 0 frost days, 87 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 40 rainy days per year.

Qaşr Khiyār has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 19 August 1945) and the coldest 2.7 °C (on 10 January 1981).

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

Qaşr KhiyārTripoli

coords: 32.70°, 13.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.9°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

185mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

20.9km/h

Seasonal range

14.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

87 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

40 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

38.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

118 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

19 August 1945

Coldest day

2.7 °C

10 January 1981

Wettest day

86 mm

21 December 2017

Windiest day

63.4 km/h

8 December 1988

Strongest gust

111.6 km/h

5 April 1994

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

18 August 2022

Coldest feels-like

-4.7 °C

8 January 1981

Snowiest day

0.4 cm

18 February 1979

Sunniest day

14.0 h

6 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.2 °C25 July 2025	8.6 °C29 December 2025	21.5 °C	119 mm	127
2024	42.3 °C10 June 2024	9.4 °C9 January 2024	21.9 °C	165 mm	119
2023	43.5 °C25 July 2023	8.2 °C29 January 2023	21.1 °C	128 mm	89
2022	42.5 °C18 August 2022	7.6 °C28 January 2022	21.3 °C	146 mm	109
2021	42.8 °C5 August 2021	7.1 °C5 January 2021	21.5 °C	65 mm	107
2020	42.9 °C14 May 2020	6.7 °C8 February 2020	21.0 °C	183 mm	94
2019	41.2 °C12 June 2019	6.5 °C17 February 2019	20.6 °C	226 mm	95
2018	41.3 °C23 July 2018	8.2 °C16 January 2018	21.1 °C	147 mm	91
2017	42.7 °C12 May 2017	5.5 °C19 January 2017	20.3 °C	281 mm	88
2016	42.2 °C17 June 2016	8.1 °C20 February 2016	21.4 °C	86 mm	106
2015	38.9 °C5 September 2015	5.1 °C1 January 2015	20.6 °C	155 mm	105
2014	42.3 °C8 July 2014	5.7 °C31 December 2014	21.2 °C	160 mm	112
2013	41.6 °C6 June 2013	6.8 °C8 February 2013	21.0 °C	110 mm	111
2012	40.1 °C14 August 2012	4.2 °C9 February 2012	20.6 °C	116 mm	122
2011	43.9 °C23 July 2011	7.4 °C28 February 2011	20.3 °C	164 mm	85
2010	39.3 °C15 August 2010	6.8 °C18 December 2010	21.4 °C	105 mm	96
2009	41.2 °C9 July 2009	6.9 °C17 February 2009	20.6 °C	151 mm	89
2008	39.5 °C18 June 2008	6.3 °C19 February 2008	20.8 °C	207 mm	104
2007	42.1 °C21 August 2007	7.0 °C20 December 2007	20.7 °C	201 mm	96
2006	40.4 °C13 August 2006	6.4 °C17 January 2006	20.5 °C	239 mm	90
2005	38.7 °C28 July 2005	5.4 °C17 February 2005	20.4 °C	166 mm	86
2004	39.7 °C22 June 2004	6.2 °C2 February 2004	20.4 °C	160 mm	92
2003	41.7 °C30 June 2003	6.6 °C28 December 2003	20.8 °C	172 mm	107
2002	41.2 °C2 July 2002	6.3 °C9 January 2002	20.6 °C	216 mm	94
2001	41.3 °C24 September 2001	7.3 °C5 February 2001	20.9 °C	175 mm	93
2000	42.8 °C11 July 2000	5.6 °C23 February 2000	20.3 °C	132 mm	79
1999	42.0 °C8 June 1999	4.1 °C2 February 1999	21.1 °C	180 mm	112
1998	41.5 °C8 September 1998	7.1 °C29 March 1998	20.2 °C	198 mm	94
1997	43.4 °C28 June 1997	7.1 °C30 December 1997	20.3 °C	153 mm	82
1996	42.2 °C8 July 1996	6.0 °C29 December 1996	20.3 °C	191 mm	73
1995	42.9 °C26 June 1995	5.4 °C14 January 1995	20.0 °C	274 mm	78
1994	37.9 °C18 August 1994	7.5 °C3 February 1994	20.4 °C	234 mm	89
1993	40.4 °C6 July 1993	6.8 °C26 February 1993	20.1 °C	106 mm	85
1992	39.5 °C7 July 1992	6.9 °C21 March 1992	19.5 °C	195 mm	73
1991	39.2 °C29 September 1991	6.1 °C17 February 1991	19.4 °C	253 mm	69
1990	38.4 °C24 May 1990	7.1 °C8 December 1990	20.4 °C	184 mm	92
1989	41.0 °C12 September 1989	6.4 °C2 February 1989	19.9 °C	108 mm	60
1988	39.2 °C1 June 1988	6.4 °C27 February 1988	20.1 °C	220 mm	92
1987	42.6 °C15 June 1987	5.4 °C21 February 1987	19.9 °C	107 mm	84
1986	40.3 °C7 June 1986	5.5 °C29 January 1986	19.4 °C	249 mm	62
1985	39.6 °C17 June 1985	4.9 °C11 January 1985	19.9 °C	132 mm	70
1984	40.2 °C24 August 1984	4.6 °C19 February 1984	19.3 °C	196 mm	60
1983	42.4 °C30 August 1983	5.8 °C6 February 1983	19.5 °C	151 mm	74
1982	40.7 °C5 August 1982	6.2 °C25 December 1982	20.0 °C	212 mm	100
1981	41.7 °C24 August 1981	2.7 °C10 January 1981	19.6 °C	160 mm	77
1980	40.4 °C9 July 1980	6.0 °C11 January 1980	19.0 °C	165 mm	64
1979	40.3 °C3 July 1979	3.8 °C18 February 1979	19.6 °C	146 mm	73
1978	42.6 °C19 June 1978	6.8 °C3 January 1978	19.3 °C	216 mm	61
1977	43.5 °C8 July 1977	6.9 °C14 January 1977	20.0 °C	135 mm	84
1976	39.9 °C14 September 1976	4.0 °C30 January 1976	18.8 °C	386 mm	61
1975	38.5 °C30 August 1975	6.6 °C27 February 1975	19.2 °C	176 mm	62
1974	40.7 °C26 June 1974	6.1 °C11 February 1974	19.1 °C	344 mm	60
1973	42.5 °C15 July 1973	5.2 °C3 March 1973	19.5 °C	205 mm	94
1972	41.2 °C15 September 1972	6.2 °C23 January 1972	19.3 °C	275 mm	58
1971	40.8 °C18 June 1971	5.6 °C4 March 1971	19.3 °C	221 mm	75
1970	39.7 °C9 June 1970	5.4 °C1 March 1970	19.7 °C	66 mm	67
1969	41.2 °C19 June 1969	5.6 °C3 January 1969	19.6 °C	230 mm	66
1968	43.6 °C11 August 1968	5.8 °C18 January 1968	19.8 °C	176 mm	82
1967	39.1 °C17 June 1967	5.1 °C8 January 1967	19.0 °C	186 mm	70
1966	43.8 °C27 August 1966	6.1 °C9 January 1966	19.7 °C	214 mm	79
1965	41.4 °C8 July 1965	4.5 °C22 February 1965	19.2 °C	188 mm	87
1964	42.6 °C14 August 1964	5.0 °C29 December 1964	19.6 °C	303 mm	84
1963	39.8 °C16 June 1963	5.0 °C25 February 1963	19.4 °C	189 mm	56
1962	41.0 °C1 June 1962	4.1 °C31 January 1962	19.3 °C	282 mm	52
1961	40.0 °C28 May 1961	5.9 °C2 January 1961	19.2 °C	237 mm	52
1960	41.7 °C2 July 1960	4.9 °C15 January 1960	20.1 °C	154 mm	91
1959	43.5 °C5 August 1959	5.7 °C20 January 1959	19.1 °C	173 mm	63
1958	41.0 °C10 June 1958	5.0 °C26 January 1958	19.5 °C	132 mm	72
1957	42.5 °C24 June 1957	4.8 °C5 March 1957	19.1 °C	254 mm	71
1956	44.5 °C21 July 1956	4.2 °C4 February 1956	19.2 °C	142 mm	79
1955	44.8 °C28 July 1955	7.0 °C22 February 1955	20.5 °C	162 mm	106
1954	43.2 °C5 July 1954	5.1 °C3 February 1954	19.0 °C	136 mm	75
1953	41.7 °C30 June 1953	4.2 °C24 January 1953	19.3 °C	231 mm	96
1952	41.2 °C17 June 1952	4.9 °C20 January 1952	20.1 °C	139 mm	123
1951	43.3 °C26 June 1951	6.1 °C8 January 1951	19.7 °C	272 mm	83
1950	38.4 °C8 August 1950	5.2 °C21 January 1950	19.3 °C	192 mm	92
1949	37.1 °C29 June 1949	5.5 °C6 March 1949	19.2 °C	160 mm	75
1948	43.0 °C11 July 1948	5.3 °C24 January 1948	19.4 °C	163 mm	93
1947	42.4 °C2 September 1947	6.0 °C3 January 1947	20.4 °C	127 mm	110
1946	41.2 °C25 August 1946	6.3 °C26 February 1946	20.3 °C	168 mm	125
1945	45.6 °C19 August 1945	3.7 °C3 January 1945	19.5 °C	246 mm	113
1944	42.6 °C20 May 1944	3.8 °C10 January 1944	19.0 °C	204 mm	96
1943	42.4 °C7 July 1943	4.3 °C3 January 1943	19.5 °C	260 mm	107
1942	44.4 °C18 June 1942	3.4 °C13 January 1942	19.4 °C	217 mm	99
1941	43.8 °C4 August 1941	3.4 °C5 January 1941	19.2 °C	176 mm	94
1940	42.9 °C8 July 1940	2.9 °C19 December 1940	19.1 °C	187 mm	98

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

127 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

119 mm

-66 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+1.8 °C	16 mm	-15 mm
Feb	18.9 °C	+1.2 °C	7 mm	-17 mm
Mar	24.1 °C	+4.2 °C	22 mm	+2 mm
Apr	23.9 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-0 mm
May	27.6 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	+1 mm
Jun	31.3 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	33.8 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	33.2 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.6 °C	+1.3 °C	9 mm	-2 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+1.3 °C	14 mm	-12 mm
Nov	23.8 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-21 mm
Dec	19.0 °C	+1.3 °C	31 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.2 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

29 Dec 2025

Wettest day

12.3 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

39.7 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.1 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Qaşr Khiyār?

Qaşr Khiyār has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.9 °C and it receives 185 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Qaşr Khiyār?

The hottest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 45.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The coldest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1981, at 2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Qaşr Khiyār?

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

Has the climate of Qaşr Khiyār warmed?

Yes: Qaşr Khiyār warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The wettest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2017, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Qaşr Khiyār?

The windiest day measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1988, with winds reaching 63.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Qaşr Khiyār?

The warmest month in Qaşr Khiyār is August (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Qaşr Khiyār?

Qaşr Khiyār receives on average 185 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 40 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Qaşr Khiyār?

Qaşr Khiyār 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 Qaşr Khiyār?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Qaşr Khiyār between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1979, with 0.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Qaşr Khiyār?

Yes: Qaşr Khiyār has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Qaşr Khiyār?

In Qaşr Khiyār, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 18 August 2022, and the lowest was -4.7 °C on 8 January 1981.

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