Murzuk weather in October

In October, Murzuk sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Murzuk's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Murzuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 7:08 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Murzuk is town in Libya.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical October day in Murzuk reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 5°C cooler than September and about 7°C warmer than November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

How October really feels in Murzuk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 14 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Murzuk weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 4°	2	0.4	10.6	7.9
Feb	21° / 7°	2	0.4	11.1	8.7
Mar	27° / 11°	2	0.2	11.8	8.7
Apr	32° / 17°	1	0.1	12.6	5.1
May	36° / 22°	1	0.2	13.2	2.4
Jun	39° / 24°	0	0.1	13.6	0.8
Jul	39° / 25°	0	0	13.5	0.9
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0	12.9	1.0
Sep	37° / 22°	0	0.1	12.2	2.2
Oct	32° / 17°	0	0.1	11.4	5.7
Nov	25° / 11°	0	0.1	10.7	9.0
Dec	19° / 6°	1	0.2	10.4	8.2

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Murzuk gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in October. 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 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in October

Winds average 13 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of October to 11 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	7:01	6:46
2	11.7	7:01	6:45
3	11.7	7:01	6:44
4	11.7	7:02	6:43
5	11.7	7:02	6:42
6	11.6	7:03	6:41
7	11.6	7:03	6:40
8	11.6	7:04	6:39
9	11.6	7:04	6:38
10	11.5	7:05	6:37
11	11.5	7:05	6:36
12	11.5	7:06	6:35
13	11.5	7:06	6:34
14	11.4	7:07	6:33
15	11.4	7:07	6:32
16	11.4	7:08	6:31
17	11.4	7:09	6:30
18	11.3	7:09	6:29
19	11.3	7:10	6:28
20	11.3	7:10	6:27
21	11.3	7:11	6:26
22	11.2	7:11	6:25
23	11.2	7:12	6:25
24	11.2	7:13	6:24
25	11.2	7:13	6:23
26	11.1	7:14	6:22
27	11.1	7:15	6:21
28	11.1	7:15	6:21
29	11.1	7:16	6:20
30	11.0	7:16	6:19
31	11.0	7:17	6:19

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Murzuk

In seasonPeak

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

Murzuk sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust

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May

Jun

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Murzuk?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Murzuk for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Murzuk in October

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

In October, Murzuk sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Murzuk in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Murzuk peaks around August 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	8	8	8	9	12	11	13	10	9	7	5
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Murzuk in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Murzuk is worst in April — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (November, 33 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	35	50	75	100	92	73	58	55	45	46	33	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	75	Unhealthy
Apr	100	Unhealthy
May	92	Unhealthy
Jun	73	Unhealthy
Jul	58	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Poor
Sep	45	Poor
Oct	46	Poor
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Murzuk?

Murzuk sits at 25.9°N, 13.9°E, 449 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Wādī 'Utbah, 41 km away.

Topography around Murzuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Murzuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 448 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m.

The land around Murzuk is covered by bare terrain (76%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

bare terrain 76%

16 km

75 m

bare terrain 98%

80 km

279 m

bare terrain 99%

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← September Murzuk year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Wādī 'Utbah 41 km · Al Ghurayfah 113 km · Sabha 135 km · Al Jadīd 135 km · Ubari 136 km · Brak 185 km · Hūn 409 km · Mizdah 622 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

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 Murzuk (25.9155°, 13.9184°, elevation 449 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	20
3	34	20
4	34	20
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	19
12	32	18
13	32	18
14	32	18
15	32	18
16	32	17
17	31	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	17
21	31	16
22	30	16
23	30	16
24	30	16
25	30	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11
31	89	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0