Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobruk weather
in March.
A mild, very 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 Tobruk: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th 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 Darnah (145 km away). In March its highs average 19.9°C, about as warm as Tobruk, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Tobruk ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 21 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 21 cities is 20.3°C; Tobruk is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 7.4 mm to 3.3 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
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 | 17.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 14 | 3.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Darnah in MarchLibya · 145 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Bayḑā’ in MarchLibya · 220 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 7.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Al Marj in MarchLibya · 297 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in MarchEgypt · 321 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Benghazi in MarchLibya · 366 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Irákleion in MarchGreece · 377 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MarchLibya · 384 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Alexandria in MarchEgypt · 573 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 14 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.