Ghat weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇾 Libya · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Ghat is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with March and November close behind. Ghat averages about 4,078 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 4,078
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 45 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 696 m

When is the best time to visit Ghat?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ghat is January, then March and November. The dullest month is June (10/100, 8 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ghat?
Ghat is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 4,078 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from June (10), so the month you pick matters. Ghat is the sunniest of the 9 destinations tracked in Libya. Rain is a non-event in Ghat — about 45 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| February | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 7° / 45°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| March | 100 | 29° / 84°F | 12° / 54°F | 1 mm | 12 |
| April | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 17° / 63°F | 2 mm | 11 |
| May | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 6 mm | 11 |
| June | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 8 mm | 12 |
| July | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 13 |
| August | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 25° / 77°F | 5 mm | 13 |
| September | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 3 mm | 12 |
| October | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 6 mm | 12 |
| November | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| December | 99 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 6 mm | 7 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tamanrasset Algeria · 543 km · best in Jan · 3,864 h sun/yr
- Hassi Messaoud Algeria · 824 km · best in Mar · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Ouargla Algeria · 883 km · best in Mar · 3,754 h sun/yr
- Tripoli Libya · 914 km · best in Jul · 3,424 h sun/yr
- Zarzis Tunisia · 972 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
- Guemar Algeria · 986 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Djanet Algeria · 118 km · 3,938 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Illizi Algeria · 232 km · 3,840 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- In Aménas Algeria · 327 km · 3,903 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Sabha Libya · 478 km · 3,928 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Ghadames Libya · 558 km · 3,793 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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