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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sabha
Sabha climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Feb–Mar · Nov
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation9 mm6 wet days a year
27.04° N, 14.43° EElevation 421 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goSabha · weather score
Best timeFeb–Mar · Nov
October: high / low30° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sabha 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 4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 9 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (1 mm, 2 wet days) and February the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 0% in July to 18% in December.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Sabha is 10.4° warmer on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 38° · June
- Coldest nights
- 4° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 0% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 27 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° | 31° | 35° | 38° | 37° | 37° | 36° | 30° | 23° | 18° |
| Average low | 4° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 17° | 10° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 2 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Cloud cover | 17% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 17% | 6% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 15% | 18% |
| Daylight | 10h 37 | 11h 15 | 11h 58 | 12h 48 | 13h 28 | 13h 50 | 13h 41 | 13h 07 | 12h 20 | 11h 33 | 10h 50 | 10h 27 |
| Month score | 91 | 100 | 98 | 76 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 78 | 100 | 95 |
ivMonth by month
Sabha in every month
January91
17° / 4°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
February100
20° / 6°
1 mm · 0 wet days
March98
25° / 11°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
April76
31° / 16°
1 mm · 0 wet days
May56
35° / 20°
1 mm · 1.5 wet days
June57
38° / 23°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
37° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
37° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
September57
36° / 22°
0 mm · 0.5 wet day
October78
30° / 17°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
November100
23° / 10°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
December95
18° / 5°
1 mm · 1.5 wet days