Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabha weather
in March.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Sabha: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sirte (509 km away). In March its highs average 20.5°C, 4.9°C cooler than Sabha, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sabha ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 20.3°C; Sabha is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.3 mm to under 1 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
Sabha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 25.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 38.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| July | 37.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 37.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 36.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.510 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
- Sirte in MarchLibya · 509 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Misratah in MarchLibya · 597 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Zliten in MarchLibya · 604 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Msalātah in MarchLibya · 618 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Khums in MarchLibya · 624 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MarchLibya · 639 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MarchLibya · 657 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Janzūr in MarchLibya · 657 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 17 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 Sabha) is explained once on the Sabha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.