Ghat

Libya

A remote Tuareg fortress town wrapped in shifting dunes and serving as the gateway to the surreal Acacus Mountains.

Warmest month is July at 41°C on average. Coolest is January at 20°C.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January20°±5°·
February23°±6°·
March28°±6°·
April34°±6°·
May38°±5°·
June40°±3°·
July41°±3°·
August40°±2°·
September38°±3°·
October33°±5°·
November26°±5°·
December21°±5°·

What to do

  • Explore the crumbling 20th-century Italian fort
  • Wander the old medina’s mud-brick passageways
  • Mount an expedition into the Acacus Mountains

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.