Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Marj weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Al Marj: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (83 km away). In January its highs average 16.6°C, 2.0°C warmer than Al Marj, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Marj ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Al Marj is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Benghazi in JanuaryLibya · 83 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in JanuaryLibya · 92 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Darnah in JanuaryLibya · 172 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JanuaryLibya · 201 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Tobruk in JanuaryLibya · 297 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Sirte in JanuaryLibya · 425 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Irákleion in JanuaryGreece · 508 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 538 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 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.