Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ghat
Ghat climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Nov
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation10 mm4 wet days a year
24.96° N, 10.18° EElevation 673 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goGhat · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Nov
October: high / low32° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ghat has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 39° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°.
About 10 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. September is the wettest month (0 mm, 1 wet days) and February the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in July to 17% in April.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Ghat is 12° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 39° · June
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- September
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 36 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 19° | 22° | 27° | 33° | 37° | 39° | 39° | 38° | 37° | 32° | 25° | 20° |
| Average low | 5° | 8° | 12° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 7° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Cloud cover | 16% | 14% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Daylight | 10h 45 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 44 | 13h 21 | 13h 41 | 13h 33 | 13h 01 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 56 | 10h 36 |
| Month score | 99 | 100 | 91 | 66 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 71 | 99 | 99 |
ivMonth by month
Ghat in every month
January99
19° / 5°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
February100
22° / 8°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March91
27° / 12°
2 mm · 0.2 wet days
April66
33° / 18°
1 mm · 0 wet days
May56
37° / 22°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
June57
39° / 25°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
39° / 24°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
August58
38° / 24°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
September56
37° / 22°
0 mm · 1 wet day
October71
32° / 18°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
November99
25° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December99
20° / 7°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day