Zliten weather in August

In August, Zliten sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:30 AM – 7:42 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Zliten 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Zliten reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Zliten

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.

Zliten 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
Jan17° / 11°265.910.16.5
Feb18° / 11°194.510.87.0
Mar21° / 12°183.711.87.8
Apr24° / 15°91.612.88.8
May27° / 18°50.913.68.4
Jun30° / 21°10.214.16.5
Jul32° / 23°00.113.95.4
Aug33° / 24°10.313.25.0
Sep31° / 23°91.612.25.6
Oct28° / 20°173.511.27.2
Nov23° / 16°163.510.38.2
Dec19° / 12°235.29.97.1

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 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zliten 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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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
121251341
221151351
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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
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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 6:19 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 7:56 PM to 7:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:197:56
213.66:207:55
313.66:217:55
413.56:217:54
513.56:227:53
613.56:237:52
713.56:247:51
813.46:247:50
913.46:257:49
1013.46:267:48
1113.36:267:47
1213.36:277:46
1313.36:287:45
1413.36:287:44
1513.26:297:43
1613.26:307:42
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1813.16:317:40
1913.16:327:39
2013.16:327:37
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Zliten

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Zliten?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zliten in August

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

In August, Zliten sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Zliten in August

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) 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 14 — about 6.7 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
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Zliten 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 Zliten peaks around June 20 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 — in 11 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Zliten 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 Zliten is worst in April — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1250 µg/m³Aug 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr50Poor
May40Poor
Jun28Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Zliten?

Zliten sits at 32.5°N, 14.6°E, 9 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Khums, 35 km away.

Qaşr al QarabūllīTarhunaBani Walid

Topography around Zliten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zliten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 508 m.

The land around Zliten is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, water (38%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

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16 km
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80 km
508 m
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August weather nearby: Al Khums 35 km · Misratah 50 km · Msalātah 52 km · Al-'Alūaṣ 62 km · Qaşr Khiyār 72 km · Qaşr al Qarabūllī 86 km · Tarhuna 88 km · Bani Walid 97 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 Zliten (32.4674°, 14.5687°, elevation 9 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).