Bani Walid weather in August

In August, Bani Walid sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bani Walid's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bani Walid's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:33 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
7.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Bani Walid is city in Libya.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bani Walid reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bani Walid

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bani Walid weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 82.210.26.9
Feb18° / 92.310.87.5
Mar22° / 10°122.111.88.3
Apr26° / 13°61.212.88.5
May30° / 17°40.813.66.5
Jun34° / 20°10.3144.2
Jul36° / 22°00.113.93.2
Aug35° / 23°10.313.23.2
Sep33° / 22°61.312.24.5
Oct29° / 18°81.811.27.1
Nov23° / 13°5110.48.6
Dec18° / 61.4107.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
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31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
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15991
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31982

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bani Walid gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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71
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 24% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1152741180
2142641180
3142641190
4142541200
5142541210
6142440220
7142440220
8142341220
9142341220
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:237:57
213.56:247:56
313.56:247:56
413.56:257:55
513.56:267:54
613.46:267:53
713.46:277:52
813.46:287:51
913.46:287:50
1013.36:297:49
1113.36:307:48
1213.36:307:47
1313.36:317:46
1413.26:327:45
1513.26:327:44
1613.26:337:43
1713.16:347:42
1813.16:347:41
1913.16:357:40
2013.16:367:39
2113.06:367:38
2213.06:377:37
2313.06:387:35
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2512.96:397:33
2612.96:407:32
2712.86:407:31
2812.86:417:29
2912.86:417:28
3012.76:427:27
3112.76:437:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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47.5Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
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87.3Intense
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226.9Intense
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276.8Intense
286.7Intense
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316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bani Walid

In seasonPeak

None of Bani Walid's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bani Walid sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Bani Walid?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bani Walid. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bani Walid in August

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

In August, Bani Walid sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bani Walid in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bani Walid peaks around June 19 at about 11 (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 — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Bani Walid in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bani Walid is worst in April — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorApr 1566 µg/m³Aug 1426 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May54Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul28Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec42Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bani Walid?

Bani Walid sits at 31.7°N, 14.0°E, 269 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Tarhuna, 83 km away.

MsalātahZlitenAl QawāsimMizdahGharyanAl KhumsQaşr Khiyār

Topography around Bani Walid

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bani Walid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 256 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 930 m.

The land around Bani Walid is covered by bare terrain (54%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
930 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Tarhuna 83 km · Msalātah 93 km · Zliten 97 km · Al Qawāsim 100 km · Mizdah 100 km · Gharyan 103 km · Al Khums 104 km · Qaşr Khiyār 107 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 Bani Walid (31.7455°, 13.9835°, elevation 269 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. 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).