Tobruk weather by month & the best time to visit

🇱🇾 Libya · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Tobruk is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with July and August close behind. Tobruk averages about 3,582 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

3,582

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

202 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

141k

Elevation

154 m

When is the best time to visit Tobruk?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tobruk is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (61/100, 43 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tobruk?

Tobruk is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,582 hours of sunshine a year. June (100/100) is noticeably better than January (61). It ranks #5 of 9 destinations in Libya for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,582 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 202 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Heraklion Greece · 404 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
• Chaniá Greece · 409 km · best in Jul · 2,895 h sun/yr
• Karpathos Greece · 497 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
• Santorini Greece · 525 km · best in Jun · 3,012 h sun/yr
• Alexandria Egypt · 559 km · best in May · 3,737 h sun/yr
• Kalamata Greece · 604 km · best in May · 2,737 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Al Abraq Libya · 210 km · 3,490 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Siwa Oasis Egypt · 319 km · 3,790 h sun/yr · best in Mar
• Marsa Matruh Egypt · 320 km · 3,012 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Benghazi Libya · 344 km · 3,181 h sun/yr · best in Jun