Zliten climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Zliten?

Zliten has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 155 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 46.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Zliten?

The coldest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1941, at 1.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Zliten?

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

Q: Has the climate of Zliten warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Zliten?

The wettest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1961, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Zliten?

The windiest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1988, with winds reaching 72.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Zliten?

The warmest month in Zliten is August (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Zliten?

Zliten receives on average 155 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Zliten?

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

Zliten (Libya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 155 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 (27.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Zliten averages 0 frost days, 99 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.

Zliten 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 46.2 °C (on 19 August 1945) and the coldest 1.2 °C (on 1 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

ZlitenMisratah

coords: 32.47°, 14.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

155mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

22.9km/h

Seasonal range

14.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

99 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

36 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

38.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

117 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 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

46.2 °C

19 August 1945

Coldest day

1.2 °C

1 January 1941

Wettest day

94 mm

23 October 1961

Windiest day

72.1 km/h

9 December 1988

Strongest gust

114.5 km/h

9 December 1988

Hottest feels-like

46.7 °C

27 June 1995

Coldest feels-like

-4.6 °C

8 January 1981

Sunniest day

14.0 h

1 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.4 °C25 July 2025	7.6 °C18 January 2025	21.8 °C	97 mm	132
2024	44.6 °C11 June 2024	8.9 °C16 February 2024	22.2 °C	138 mm	121
2023	43.7 °C25 July 2023	7.9 °C28 January 2023	21.5 °C	113 mm	94
2022	41.4 °C18 August 2022	8.4 °C11 March 2022	21.6 °C	115 mm	126
2021	43.2 °C5 August 2021	5.8 °C5 January 2021	21.9 °C	51 mm	115
2020	42.5 °C14 May 2020	5.9 °C29 December 2020	21.3 °C	156 mm	107
2019	42.1 °C28 July 2019	6.8 °C24 February 2019	21.0 °C	154 mm	115
2018	43.5 °C23 July 2018	7.2 °C16 January 2018	21.5 °C	126 mm	108
2017	41.9 °C29 June 2017	4.9 °C19 January 2017	20.7 °C	222 mm	100
2016	42.7 °C17 June 2016	7.3 °C19 January 2016	21.7 °C	81 mm	121
2015	39.7 °C21 May 2015	5.7 °C1 January 2015	20.9 °C	116 mm	116
2014	42.5 °C8 July 2014	6.0 °C31 December 2014	21.4 °C	118 mm	124
2013	40.9 °C6 June 2013	6.1 °C9 February 2013	21.3 °C	62 mm	122
2012	40.1 °C14 August 2012	3.9 °C9 February 2012	21.0 °C	73 mm	131
2011	45.1 °C23 July 2011	7.7 °C28 February 2011	20.6 °C	150 mm	94
2010	39.9 °C17 June 2010	5.0 °C18 December 2010	21.8 °C	70 mm	119
2009	43.4 °C9 July 2009	7.4 °C17 February 2009	20.9 °C	158 mm	106
2008	39.9 °C19 April 2008	6.4 °C19 February 2008	21.1 °C	217 mm	123
2007	41.7 °C21 August 2007	7.1 °C18 December 2007	21.2 °C	124 mm	109
2006	42.5 °C16 August 2006	6.7 °C16 February 2006	20.8 °C	188 mm	107
2005	41.2 °C11 July 2005	5.4 °C20 February 2005	20.7 °C	129 mm	92
2004	41.6 °C11 August 2004	6.2 °C2 February 2004	20.7 °C	183 mm	111
2003	42.8 °C30 June 2003	4.4 °C28 December 2003	21.1 °C	139 mm	112
2002	42.3 °C10 August 2002	6.6 °C9 January 2002	21.0 °C	185 mm	109
2001	42.3 °C24 September 2001	5.0 °C5 February 2001	21.2 °C	133 mm	104
2000	42.4 °C11 July 2000	4.6 °C27 February 2000	20.7 °C	92 mm	86
1999	41.8 °C18 May 1999	4.2 °C6 February 1999	21.4 °C	140 mm	131
1998	42.1 °C15 July 1998	6.7 °C29 March 1998	20.5 °C	150 mm	102
1997	44.1 °C28 June 1997	4.7 °C30 December 1997	20.6 °C	120 mm	93
1996	42.9 °C8 July 1996	5.8 °C29 December 1996	20.6 °C	159 mm	88
1995	44.4 °C27 June 1995	5.2 °C7 January 1995	20.4 °C	197 mm	87
1994	39.7 °C18 August 1994	7.1 °C2 February 1994	20.7 °C	186 mm	108
1993	41.3 °C6 July 1993	5.4 °C27 February 1993	20.4 °C	101 mm	97
1992	40.0 °C2 June 1992	6.5 °C10 January 1992	19.8 °C	150 mm	83
1991	39.7 °C29 September 1991	4.9 °C17 February 1991	19.8 °C	231 mm	76
1990	38.5 °C6 September 1990	7.1 °C8 December 1990	20.6 °C	185 mm	106
1989	42.7 °C12 September 1989	6.6 °C5 January 1989	20.2 °C	124 mm	72
1988	40.3 °C1 June 1988	6.7 °C27 February 1988	20.5 °C	193 mm	101
1987	42.5 °C15 June 1987	5.2 °C21 February 1987	20.2 °C	96 mm	95
1986	39.6 °C28 August 1986	5.2 °C14 February 1986	19.7 °C	181 mm	72
1985	40.7 °C17 June 1985	5.6 °C11 January 1985	20.3 °C	99 mm	78
1984	42.8 °C20 May 1984	4.6 °C19 February 1984	19.6 °C	131 mm	71
1983	41.0 °C30 August 1983	5.7 °C14 December 1983	19.8 °C	120 mm	83
1982	42.6 °C7 August 1982	5.5 °C22 December 1982	20.4 °C	169 mm	111
1981	42.7 °C26 June 1981	3.0 °C12 January 1981	20.0 °C	114 mm	93
1980	39.6 °C24 June 1980	5.4 °C11 January 1980	19.4 °C	170 mm	78
1979	39.8 °C3 July 1979	4.9 °C4 January 1979	20.0 °C	85 mm	84
1978	44.8 °C20 June 1978	6.3 °C18 January 1978	19.5 °C	221 mm	69
1977	43.9 °C10 July 1977	6.3 °C14 January 1977	20.5 °C	101 mm	89
1976	41.1 °C14 September 1976	3.4 °C30 January 1976	19.1 °C	306 mm	67
1975	39.4 °C30 August 1975	5.4 °C13 January 1975	19.7 °C	163 mm	78
1974	40.8 °C27 June 1974	5.9 °C11 February 1974	19.7 °C	218 mm	75
1973	42.2 °C8 June 1973	5.0 °C3 March 1973	19.9 °C	188 mm	104
1972	43.1 °C15 June 1972	4.1 °C23 January 1972	19.7 °C	259 mm	83
1971	40.4 °C6 July 1971	4.2 °C4 March 1971	19.9 °C	185 mm	86
1970	39.9 °C9 June 1970	5.2 °C1 March 1970	20.1 °C	65 mm	74
1969	40.9 °C19 June 1969	5.7 °C27 December 1969	20.0 °C	196 mm	84
1968	44.9 °C11 August 1968	4.6 °C7 February 1968	20.2 °C	141 mm	88
1967	39.0 °C13 August 1967	4.9 °C30 December 1967	19.5 °C	183 mm	79
1966	43.7 °C27 August 1966	6.9 °C10 January 1966	20.4 °C	176 mm	103
1965	41.3 °C21 July 1965	5.0 °C27 January 1965	19.7 °C	145 mm	105
1964	43.0 °C14 August 1964	4.6 °C29 December 1964	20.1 °C	247 mm	102
1963	42.8 °C16 June 1963	5.6 °C30 January 1963	19.9 °C	182 mm	78
1962	42.2 °C12 July 1962	4.8 °C3 February 1962	20.0 °C	245 mm	77
1961	42.6 °C28 May 1961	5.9 °C1 March 1961	19.7 °C	292 mm	73
1960	43.4 °C12 August 1960	3.4 °C15 January 1960	20.6 °C	127 mm	106
1959	45.3 °C5 August 1959	4.7 °C1 February 1959	19.7 °C	164 mm	84
1958	44.0 °C27 June 1958	4.6 °C26 January 1958	20.0 °C	131 mm	87
1957	41.8 °C24 June 1957	4.5 °C14 January 1957	19.6 °C	223 mm	90
1956	42.6 °C21 July 1956	2.8 °C10 February 1956	19.5 °C	138 mm	87
1955	44.2 °C28 July 1955	5.2 °C22 February 1955	20.9 °C	111 mm	117
1954	42.3 °C1 July 1954	3.5 °C4 February 1954	19.3 °C	119 mm	83
1953	41.2 °C7 July 1953	1.8 °C16 January 1953	19.7 °C	197 mm	113
1952	42.0 °C27 July 1952	2.6 °C22 January 1952	20.5 °C	116 mm	132
1951	42.9 °C26 June 1951	4.1 °C3 January 1951	20.1 °C	187 mm	102
1950	39.8 °C8 August 1950	3.2 °C12 December 1950	19.6 °C	175 mm	108
1949	40.2 °C29 June 1949	3.8 °C6 March 1949	19.4 °C	134 mm	85
1948	40.0 °C11 July 1948	3.8 °C22 December 1948	19.7 °C	147 mm	102
1947	43.7 °C2 September 1947	3.9 °C30 December 1947	20.6 °C	143 mm	110
1946	40.5 °C25 August 1946	4.2 °C25 February 1946	20.5 °C	171 mm	127
1945	46.2 °C19 August 1945	1.3 °C12 January 1945	19.8 °C	191 mm	116
1944	41.9 °C20 May 1944	3.0 °C10 January 1944	19.2 °C	175 mm	93
1943	42.1 °C7 July 1943	4.6 °C3 January 1943	19.8 °C	167 mm	108
1942	44.7 °C18 June 1942	3.3 °C6 February 1942	19.6 °C	192 mm	109
1941	42.9 °C6 August 1941	1.2 °C1 January 1941	19.4 °C	150 mm	102
1940	43.6 °C24 June 1940	1.4 °C21 December 1940	19.4 °C	151 mm	103

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

132 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

97 mm

-58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.8 °C	+1.8 °C	11 mm	-14 mm
Feb	19.0 °C	+0.8 °C	9 mm	-9 mm
Mar	24.1 °C	+3.6 °C	17 mm	+1 mm
Apr	24.0 °C	+0.4 °C	8 mm	-1 mm
May	28.2 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-2 mm
Jun	31.7 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	34.2 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	33.5 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-8 mm
Oct	28.3 °C	+1.1 °C	13 mm	-9 mm
Nov	24.3 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-17 mm
Dec	19.3 °C	+1.0 °C	28 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.4 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.6 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

10.4 mm

6 Dec 2025

Windiest day

42.7 km/h

6 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

22 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

28 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Zliten?

Zliten has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 155 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zliten?

The hottest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1945, reaching 46.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Zliten?

The coldest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1941, at 1.2 °C.

Does it snow in Zliten?

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

Has the climate of Zliten warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Zliten?

The wettest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1961, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Zliten?

The windiest day measured in Zliten between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1988, with winds reaching 72.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Zliten?

The warmest month in Zliten is August (27.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Zliten?

Zliten receives on average 155 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Zliten?

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

Are there tropical nights in Zliten?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zliten?

In Zliten, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.7 °C on 27 June 1995, and the lowest was -4.6 °C on 8 January 1981.

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