The climate of Tripoli (Libya)
Tripoli is the capital of Libya and lies in the north-west of the
country on the Mediterranean, close to an oasis. Tripoli is the
largest town of Libya, almost two million people live in the
country. It is an ancient town founded by the Phoenicians already in
the seventh century B.C. In the centuries afterwards the town was in
the hands of the Romans, the Greeks, the Spaniards, the Ottomans and
the Italians. During the Second World war the town was occupied by
the British, who ruled the town until 1951. After that Tripoli and
Benghazi became the capital of the kingdom of Libya. During the
revolt in Libya in 2011 the town was conquered by the rebellion
army.
In Tripoli prevails a Mediterranean climate with influences of the
adjacent Sahara desert. In the winter it is mild and it may rain
once in a while, in the summer it is hot and dry. In the summer
months precipitation is rare. Due to the influence of the seawater
the differences in temperature are smaller than in the inland. In
the daytime the temperature is tempered somewhat and in the evening
and at night it cools down less here than in the inland of Libya.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Tripoli.
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
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