Climate averages 1991–2020
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Qaşr Bin Ghashīr: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janzūr (22 km away). In February its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Qaşr Bin Ghashīr, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Qaşr Bin Ghashīr ranks joint 5th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 17.3°C; Qaşr Bin Ghashīr is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 17.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 32.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.0 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 9.3 | 1.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 17.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 29 | 6.3 | 10.010 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
February in nearby cities
- Janzūr in FebruaryLibya · 22 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Tripoli in FebruaryLibya · 23 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in FebruaryLibya · 27 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in FebruaryLibya · 43 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Şurmān in FebruaryLibya · 58 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Şabrātah in FebruaryLibya · 66 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in FebruaryLibya · 76 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Msalātah in FebruaryLibya · 81 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°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 Qaşr Bin Ghashīr) is explained once on the Qaşr Bin Ghashīr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.