Sirte Weather in January
Sirte in January
The short of it: Sirte in January averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (50 °F), with 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 10 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 31 mm · daylight 10 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Sirte an average January high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 31 mm of rain. Sirte's coldest stretch of the year, 18° by day and 10° by night. Rain is modest, about 31 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 20 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Sirte runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Qasr Abu Hadi, 18 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
January in Sirte, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qasr Abu HadiSurt | 18 km SSE | 18° | 9° | 29 mm |
| Bin JawwādSurt | 149 km ESE | 17° | 8° | 27 mm |
| MisratahMisratah | 192 km NW | 18° | 10° | 54 mm |
| WaddānAl Jufrah | 232 km S | 18° | 6° | 4.0 mm |
| ZlitenMisratah | 237 km NW | 18° | 10° | 52 mm |
| HūnAl Jufrah | 240 km SSW | 19° | 6° | 5.0 mm |
| SūknahAl Jufrah | 250 km SSW | 19° | 6° | 5.0 mm |
| Bani WalidMisratah | 254 km WNW | 17° | 7° | 14 mm |