Misratah weather in August

In August, Misratah sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Misratah's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Misratah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:28 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Misratah is city in Libya.

Density
128/km²
people per km²

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Misratah reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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Misratah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 13°447.710.15.8
Feb17° / 13°295.510.86.1
Mar18° / 14°213.711.87.0
Apr19° / 16°71.412.87.9
May22° / 19°30.713.68.6
Jun24° / 22°10.114.19.4
Jul27° / 24°10.113.99.2
Aug28° / 25°10.413.28.4
Sep27° / 25°91.312.28.4
Oct25° / 22°24411.28.2
Nov22° / 18°275.510.37.7
Dec18° / 15°427.79.96.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August.

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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31000
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51000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Misratah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11186813
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light 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 6:17 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 7:54 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:177:54
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413.56:207:51
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713.56:227:49
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913.46:237:47
1013.46:247:46
1113.36:247:45
1213.36:257:44
1313.36:267:43
1413.36:267:42
1513.26:277:41
1613.26:287:40
1713.26:287:39
1813.16:297:38
1913.16:307:36
2013.16:307:35
2113.06:317:34
2213.06:327:33
2313.06:327:32
2413.06:337:30
2512.96:347:29
2612.96:347:28
2712.96:357:27
2812.86:367:25
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3012.86:377:23
3112.76:387:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.54 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Misratah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Misratah?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
9.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Misratah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Misratah in August

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

In August, Misratah sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Misratah in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — 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 28°C and coldest in March near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 22 to Dec 14 — about 6.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun23Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Misratah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Misratah peaks around June 22 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 22UV 10Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Misratah 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 Misratah is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.6× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateApr 1133 µg/m³Aug 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Misratah?

Misratah sits at 32.4°N, 15.1°E, 11 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Zliten, 50 km away.

MsalātahAl-'AlūaṣQaşr KhiyārBani WalidQaşr al QarabūllīTarhuna

Topography around Misratah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Misratah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m.

The land around Misratah is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, water (40%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (45%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
212 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Zliten 50 km · Al Khums 84 km · Msalātah 102 km · Al-'Alūaṣ 112 km · Qaşr Khiyār 122 km · Bani Walid 126 km · Qaşr al Qarabūllī 136 km · Tarhuna 137 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 Misratah (32.3753°, 15.0925°, elevation 11 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).