Al Khums weather in April

In April, Al Khums sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Al Khums's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Khums's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
8th warmest
Overnight low
16°
5th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:39 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
30%
6th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Al Khums is Libya.

Founded
1000

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Al Khums reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C warmer than March and about 2°C cooler than May.

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Al Khums weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 14°618.610.15.5
Feb16° / 13°436.210.85.8
Mar17° / 14°254.411.86.7
Apr19° / 16°112.112.87.8
May21° / 18°4113.78.5
Jun24° / 22°10.314.19.4
Jul27° / 24°00.113.99.3
Aug28° / 26°10.213.28.9
Sep27° / 25°111.712.28.5
Oct25° / 22°274.311.28.2
Nov21° / 19°345.910.37.5
Dec18° / 15°538.59.96.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Al Khums gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
175250
274260
373270
472280
571290
670300
768320
866331
965341
1064351
1163361
1261372
1360382
1459392
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28296110
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30256312

Wind in April

Winds average 22 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:597:17
212.36:577:17
312.46:567:18
412.46:557:19
512.46:537:19
612.56:527:20
712.56:517:21
812.56:497:22
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1012.66:477:23
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1312.76:437:25
1412.76:427:26
1512.86:407:27
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1712.86:387:28
1812.96:377:29
1912.96:357:29
2012.96:347:30
2113.06:337:31
2213.06:327:32
2313.06:317:32
2413.16:307:33
2513.16:287:34
2613.16:277:35
2713.26:267:35
2813.26:257:36
2913.26:247:37
3013.26:237:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 6.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Al Khums

In seasonPeak

In April, Al Khums sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Khums sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Al Khums?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Al Khums for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Khums in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Al Khums sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 16°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Al Khums in April

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in March near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 24 to Dec 13 — about 6.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Al Khums in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Khums peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May6High
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Khums in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Khums is worst in March — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 2428 µg/m³Aug 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Khums?

Al Khums sits at 32.6°N, 14.3°E, 27 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Msalātah, 22 km away.

Tājūrā’

Topography around Al Khums

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Khums.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Khums has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m.

The land around Al Khums is covered by water (31%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and water (35%), bare terrain (33%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
123 m
16 km
254 m
80 km
512 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Msalātah 22 km · Al-'Alūaṣ 28 km · Zliten 35 km · Qaşr Khiyār 39 km · Qaşr al Qarabūllī 52 km · Tarhuna 64 km · Misratah 84 km · Tājūrā’ 89 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 39% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,449
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
21.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 395
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Khums (32.6486°, 14.2619°, elevation 27 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).