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Libya climate

Hot dry interior, milder Mediterranean coast. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Tripoli · Benghazi · Misratah · Al Khums · Az Zāwīyah · Sabha

Browse all 22 cities in Libya

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BSh

Hot semi-arid

11 cities

Tripolipop 1.3M Benghazipop 757k Misratahpop 356k Al Khumspop 202k Az Zāwīyahpop 200k Ajdabiyapop 132k Al Bayḑā’pop 129k Sirtepop 107k Darnahpop 103k Al Marjpop 85k Al ‘Azīzīyahpop 52k

BWh

Hot desert

10 cities

Sabhapop 149k Gharyanpop 36k Zuwarahpop 34k Ubaripop 34k Murzukpop 30k Nālūtpop 28k Hūnpop 24k Ghatpop 15k Ghadamespop 12k Idrīpop 5k

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Other / unclassified

1 city

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Libya.

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Libya

Libya spans 2 climate types. All climate types:

BSh Hot semi-arid · 11 cities BWh Hot desert · 10 cities

Climate records across Libya — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Ubari (73.8 °F avg) · Coolest Darnah (68.0 °F avg) · Wettest Al Marj (11 in/yr) · Driest Ghat (1 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Libya sits well between them.