| Official Name: | Al Jawf |
| Native Name: | Arabic: الجوف |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Libya |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Libya |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cyrenaica |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kufra |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Total: | 18587 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 24.2167°N 41°W |
| Elevation M: | 382 |
Al Jawf (Arabic: الجوف ) is a town in southeastern Libya, the capital of the Kufra district in Libya.
The city has an elevation of 382.2 m (1,254 feet). in 2022, the city's population was 18,587.[1] Al Jawf receives almost no rain whatsoever, averaging only 2.5sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 per year. Summer high temperatures average above 380NaN0.
The city lies in the largest oasis in the Kufra basin,[2] extracting the water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System. It is one of the most heavily irrigated oases in the Sahara. The surrounding area contains clusters of center-pivot irrigation systems used for agriculture. The distinctive pattern was photographed from orbit by the crew of the International Space Station in 2016.[3]
Al Jawf has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh).