Ghadames weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇾 Libya · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Ghadames is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with October and November close behind. Ghadames averages about 3,793 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in April.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,793
- Sunniest month
- April
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 47 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 341 m
When is the best time to visit Ghadames?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ghadames is April, then October and November. The dullest month is July (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ghadames?
Ghadames is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,793 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate April (99) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 9 destinations in Libya for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,582 hours. Rain is a non-event in Ghadames — about 47 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 5 mm | 4 |
| February | 91 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 4 mm | 5 |
| March | 98 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| April | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| May | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| June | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| July | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| August | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| September | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| October | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 7 mm | 6 |
| November | 99 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 5 mm | 4 |
| December | 74 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 7 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Hassi Messaoud Algeria · 380 km · best in Mar · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Zarzis Tunisia · 427 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
- Ouargla Algeria · 454 km · best in Mar · 3,754 h sun/yr
- Tripoli Libya · 457 km · best in Jul · 3,424 h sun/yr
- Guemar Algeria · 465 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Monastir Tunisia · 632 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- In Aménas Algeria · 233 km · 3,903 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Illizi Algeria · 395 km · 3,840 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Gabès Tunisia · 400 km · 3,551 h sun/yr · best in May
- Tozeur Tunisia · 448 km · 3,455 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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