Climate averages 1991–2020
Benghazi weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Benghazi: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Marj (83 km away). In January its highs average 14.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Benghazi, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Benghazi ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 21 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 21 cities is 16.4°C; Benghazi is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 30 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
Benghazi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Marj in JanuaryLibya · 83 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 8.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in JanuaryLibya · 152 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in JanuaryLibya · 174 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Darnah in JanuaryLibya · 252 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Sirte in JanuaryLibya · 344 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Tobruk in JanuaryLibya · 366 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Misratah in JanuaryLibya · 469 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Zliten in JanuaryLibya · 518 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 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.