Climate averages 1991–2020
Benghazi weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Benghazi: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Marj (83 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Benghazi, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Benghazi ranks 12th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 23.8°C; Benghazi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Benghazi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 39 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.214 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 43 | 7.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Al Marj in AprilLibya · 83 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in AprilLibya · 152 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in AprilLibya · 174 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Darnah in AprilLibya · 252 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Sirte in AprilLibya · 344 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Tobruk in AprilLibya · 366 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Misratah in AprilLibya · 469 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Zliten in AprilLibya · 518 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 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 Benghazi) is explained once on the Benghazi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.