Climate averages 1991–2020

Benghazi weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.4°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 20.6°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Benghazi · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Benghazi: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Marj (83 km away). In June its highs average 28.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Benghazi, with 1.9 mm of rain.

Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Benghazi ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest June highs and joint 8th of 21 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 21 cities is 30.3°C; Benghazi is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Benghazi, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.6°C11.0°C11.0°C397.610.310 h
February 17.1°C10.8°C10.8°C305.611.011 h
March 19.8°C11.8°C11.8°C153.412.012 h
April 23.3°C14.3°C14.3°C4.01.112.913 h
May 26.7°C17.5°C17.5°C2.10.713.814 h
June, selected 29.4°C20.6°C20.6°C0.70.214.214 h
July 30.5°C22.7°C22.7°C0.10.014.014 h
August 31.1°C23.6°C23.6°C0.20.013.313 h
September 30.1°C22.2°C22.2°C1.90.512.412 h
October 27.0°C19.5°C19.5°C112.111.411 h
November 22.3°C15.7°C15.7°C173.610.511 h
December 18.2°C12.6°C12.6°C437.610.110 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Benghazi

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 limits

How 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.