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Al Khums climate by month
What the weather is like
Al Khums has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 305 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (62 mm, 11 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in July to 25% in December.
The sea reaches about 27° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Al Khums is 0.6° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 17 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 01 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 18° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 72 mm | 39 mm | 25 mm | 8 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 12 mm | 31 mm | 51 mm | 62 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.7 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 6 | 4 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 24% | 21% | 21% | 20% | 21% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| Sea temperature | 18° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 20° |
| Daylight | 10h 14 | 11h 02 | 11h 57 | 12h 58 | 13h 49 | 14h 17 | 14h 06 | 13h 22 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 30 | 10h 01 |
| Month score | 76 | 86 | 93 | 96 | 94 | 84 | 79 | 72 | 67 | 77 | 91 | 75 |