Climate averages 1991–2020
Qaşr Bin Ghashīr weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Qaşr Bin Ghashīr: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janzūr (22 km away). In March its highs average 20.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Qaşr Bin Ghashīr, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Qaşr Bin Ghashīr ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 20.3°C; Qaşr Bin Ghashīr is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 17.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Janzūr in MarchLibya · 22 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Tripoli in MarchLibya · 23 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in MarchLibya · 27 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MarchLibya · 43 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Şurmān in MarchLibya · 58 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Şabrātah in MarchLibya · 66 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in MarchLibya · 76 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Msalātah in MarchLibya · 81 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 22 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.