Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Marj weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Al Marj: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Benghazi (83 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Al Marj, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Marj ranks joint 14th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Al Marj is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.7 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Benghazi in MayLibya · 83 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in MayLibya · 92 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Darnah in MayLibya · 172 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MayLibya · 201 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Tobruk in MayLibya · 297 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Sirte in MayLibya · 425 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Irákleion in MayGreece · 508 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Misratah in MayLibya · 538 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 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.