🏞 Of the land area, 1.6% has a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 97.2% has a arid/ desert climate (BW), 1.2% has a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry summers (Cs).
🧜 Of the population, 20.7% live in a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 47% live in a arid/ desert climate (BW), 32.3% live in a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry summers (Cs).
Location | Lat. | Long. | Alt. m(ft) | Climate | Biome | Av. Temp. | Precip. |
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Tripoli | 32°40'N | 13°9'E | 81 (266) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 20 (69) | 251 (10) |
Misratah | 32°19'N | 15°3'E | 32 (105) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 21 (69) | 249 (10) |
Benghazi | 32°5'N | 20°16'E | 132 (433) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 20 (67) | 258 (10) |
Tobruk | 31°51'N | 23°55'E | 156 (512) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 19 (66) | 95 (4) |
Hun | 29°8'N | 15°56'E | 207 (679) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 21 (69) | 35 (1) |
Kufra | 24°13'N | 23°18'E | 435 (1427) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 23 (73) | 1 (0) |
Libya Average | 30°22'N | 18°36'E | 174 (570) | BSh | Subtropical desert | 21 (69) | 148 (6) |