Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Marj weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Al Marj: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (83 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Al Marj, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Marj ranks joint 19th of 21 for the warmest August highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 32.4°C; Al Marj is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Al Marj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 49 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 43 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 10 | 2.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 15 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 25 | 5.5 | 10.511 h |
| December | 16.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 43 | 9.0 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Benghazi in AugustLibya · 83 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in AugustLibya · 92 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Darnah in AugustLibya · 172 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in AugustLibya · 201 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Tobruk in AugustLibya · 297 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Sirte in AugustLibya · 425 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Irákleion in AugustGreece · 508 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Misratah in AugustLibya · 538 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.1 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 Al Marj) is explained once on the Al Marj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.