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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tripoli
Tripoli climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Mar–May
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation299 mm45 wet days a year
32.89° N, 13.19° EElevation 15 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goTripoli · weather score
Best timeMar–May
October: high / low27° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tripoli 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 30° 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 13°.
About 299 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (68 mm, 10 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.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 2% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 00 min
iiCharts
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 monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 22° | 18° |
| Average low | 11° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 72 mm | 34 mm | 22 mm | 10 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 9 mm | 29 mm | 50 mm | 68 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 5 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 10.2 |
| Cloud cover | 24% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Sea temperature | 17° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 20° |
| Daylight | 10h 13 | 11h 01 | 11h 56 | 12h 59 | 13h 50 | 14h 18 | 14h 07 | 13h 23 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 29 | 10h 00 |
| Month score | 75 | 86 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 88 | 82 | 75 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 76 |
ivMonth by month
Tripoli in every month
January75
17° / 11°
72 mm · 7.5 wet days
February86
17° / 11°
34 mm · 4.5 wet days
March94
19° / 13°
22 mm · 2.5 wet days
April97
21° / 15°
10 mm · 1.2 wet day
May95
25° / 18°
4 mm · 2.3 wet days
June88
27° / 21°
1 mm · 0.8 wet day
July82
29° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August75
30° / 24°
0 mm · 0.8 wet day
September70
29° / 23°
9 mm · 5 wet days
October80
27° / 20°
29 mm · 5.7 wet days
November90
22° / 16°
50 mm · 4.3 wet days
December76
18° / 13°
68 mm · 10.2 wet days