Climate averages 1991–2020
Ajdabiya weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ajdabiya: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (152 km away). In March its highs average 19.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Ajdabiya, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Ajdabiya ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 20.3°C; Ajdabiya is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.7 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ajdabiya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 22.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 5.7 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 33.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 33.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 5.1 | 1.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 14 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Benghazi in MarchLibya · 152 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Marj in MarchLibya · 201 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in MarchLibya · 266 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Darnah in MarchLibya · 319 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Sirte in MarchLibya · 350 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Tobruk in MarchLibya · 384 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Misratah in MarchLibya · 519 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Zliten in MarchLibya · 568 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 18 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ajdabiya) is explained once on the Ajdabiya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.