Ghadames

Libya

An ingenious Saharan oasis city of interconnected whitewashed mud-brick houses known as the Pearl of the Desert.

Warmest month is July at 42°C on average. Coolest is January at 18°C. Driest reading falls in January with 0 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January18°±5°0
February21°±5°0
March26°±6°1
April31°±7°0
May36°±6°0
June40°±5°0
July42°±4°0
August40°±4°0
September38°±4°0
October32°±6°1
November24°±6°1
December19°±5°2

What to do

  • Walk the covered mud-brick alleyways of the Old Town
  • Watch the sunset from the interconnected rooftop terraces
  • Visit an ornately decorated traditional home

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.