Climate averages 1991–2020
Sirte weather
in March.
A mild, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 7th 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 Sirte: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Misratah (192 km away). In March its highs average 19.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Sirte, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Sirte ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 20.3°C; Sirte is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 3.9 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
Sirte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 22 | 4.6 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 20.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 16 | 3.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.0 | 10.210 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
- Misratah in MarchLibya · 192 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Zliten in MarchLibya · 237 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Khums in MarchLibya · 272 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Msalātah in MarchLibya · 285 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Benghazi in MarchLibya · 344 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MarchLibya · 350 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in MarchLibya · 357 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MarchLibya · 361 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 19 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 Sirte) is explained once on the Sirte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.