Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Marj weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Al Marj: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (83 km away). In February its highs average 17.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Al Marj, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Marj ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 17th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 17.3°C; Al Marj is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Benghazi in FebruaryLibya · 83 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in FebruaryLibya · 92 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Darnah in FebruaryLibya · 172 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in FebruaryLibya · 201 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Tobruk in FebruaryLibya · 297 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Sirte in FebruaryLibya · 425 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Irákleion in FebruaryGreece · 508 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Misratah in FebruaryLibya · 538 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 29 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.