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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Yafran
Yafran climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing18°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation250 mm44 wet days a year
32.06° N, 12.53° EElevation 681 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goYafran · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low27° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Yafran 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 34° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 18°.
About 250 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (42 mm, 9 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 27% in January.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Yafran is 3.9° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 04 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 | 14° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 34° | 34° | 31° | 27° | 20° | 15° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 9° |
| Precipitation | 56 mm | 36 mm | 35 mm | 14 mm | 9 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 6 mm | 26 mm | 23 mm | 42 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.5 | 5.2 | 3 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 9.2 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 22% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 10% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 22% | 25% | 27% |
| Daylight | 10h 16 | 11h 03 | 11h 57 | 12h 57 | 13h 47 | 14h 14 | 14h 03 | 13h 21 | 12h 23 | 11h 25 | 10h 32 | 10h 04 |
| Month score | 61 | 73 | 93 | 96 | 78 | 67 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 81 | 91 | 61 |
ivMonth by month
Yafran in every month
January61
14° / 8°
56 mm · 6.5 wet days
February73
15° / 8°
36 mm · 5.2 wet days
March93
19° / 11°
35 mm · 3 wet days
April96
24° / 14°
14 mm · 1.7 wet days
May78
28° / 18°
9 mm · 3.2 wet days
June67
32° / 21°
2 mm · 0.7 wet day
July61
34° / 23°
0 mm · 0 wet days
August58
34° / 24°
1 mm · 1.2 wet day
September63
31° / 22°
6 mm · 4.5 wet days
October81
27° / 18°
26 mm · 5.3 wet days
November91
20° / 13°
23 mm · 3.7 wet days
December61
15° / 9°
42 mm · 9.2 wet days