Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Tobruk: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (145 km away). In February its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Tobruk, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks joint 10th of 21 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 17.3°C; Tobruk is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 7.4 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
Tobruk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| February, selected | 17.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 25.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 4.2 | 0.8 | 13.814 h |
| June | 28.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.110 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
February in nearby cities
- Darnah in FebruaryLibya · 145 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in FebruaryLibya · 220 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Al Marj in FebruaryLibya · 297 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in FebruaryEgypt · 321 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Benghazi in FebruaryLibya · 366 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Irákleion in FebruaryGreece · 377 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in FebruaryLibya · 384 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Alexandria in FebruaryEgypt · 573 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 29 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 Tobruk) is explained once on the Tobruk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.