Climate guideThirty-year normals for Murzuk
Murzuk climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing21°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation6 mm3 wet days a year
25.92° N, 13.92° EElevation 449 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goMurzuk · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low30° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Murzuk has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 38° and nights 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 21°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 6 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (1 mm, 1 wet days) and January the driest (2 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 17% in January.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Murzuk is 10.9° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · June
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 45 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 32 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 | 17° | 20° | 25° | 32° | 36° | 38° | 38° | 37° | 36° | 30° | 23° | 18° |
| Average low | 3° | 5° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Cloud cover | 17% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 15% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 15% | 17% |
| Daylight | 10h 41 | 11h 17 | 11h 59 | 12h 46 | 13h 24 | 13h 45 | 13h 37 | 13h 04 | 12h 20 | 11h 34 | 10h 53 | 10h 32 |
| Month score | 93 | 100 | 98 | 72 | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 77 | 100 | 97 |
ivMonth by month
Murzuk in every month
January93
17° / 3°
2 mm · 0 wet days
February100
20° / 5°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March98
25° / 10°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
April72
32° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
May58
36° / 20°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
June57
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
37° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September57
36° / 21°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
October77
30° / 16°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
November100
23° / 9°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
December97
18° / 4°
1 mm · 1 wet day