Benghazi climate

Name: Benghazi
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Benghazi is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 11 °C. December is the wettest month (44 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Benghazi averages 172 mm of rain and 178 days above 25 °C.

Libya · population 757,490 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month February 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 44 mm
Least cloud July 6 % cloud
Hottest on record May 42 °C
Coldest on record January 4.4 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectBenghazi through the year

Benghazi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 178 days a year reach 25 °C, 79 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 44 mm against 0 mm in July — 157 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Benghazi is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in March at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	40 mm	46 %
February	17.1 °C	31 mm	41 %
March	19.8 °C	17 mm	34 %
April	23.3 °C	4 mm	30 %
May	26.7 °C	3 mm	27 %
June	29.4 °C	1 mm	12 %
July	30.4 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
August	31.0 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
September	30.1 °C	2 mm	11 %
October	27.0 °C	11 mm	28 %
November	22.4 °C	18 mm	40 %
December	18.3 °C	44 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.7 °C	10.8 °C	13.6 °C	23.5 °C	4.4 °C	0	0
February	17.1 °C	10.5 °C	13.7 °C	30.6 °C	4.6 °C	0	0
March	19.8 °C	11.6 °C	15.6 °C	31.5 °C	5.8 °C	3	0
April	23.3 °C	14.1 °C	18.6 °C	39.9 °C	7.4 °C	9	3
May	26.7 °C	17.3 °C	21.9 °C	41.7 °C	10.4 °C	18	7
June	29.4 °C	20.4 °C	24.8 °C	40.5 °C	13.9 °C	29	11
July	30.4 °C	22.6 °C	26.3 °C	38.2 °C	17.1 °C	31	16
August	31.0 °C	23.4 °C	27.0 °C	40.3 °C	19.9 °C	31	23
September	30.1 °C	22.0 °C	25.8 °C	39.2 °C	16.5 °C	30	13
October	27.0 °C	19.3 °C	22.9 °C	39.4 °C	13.5 °C	23	5
November	22.4 °C	15.4 °C	18.7 °C	32.7 °C	8.2 °C	4	0
December	18.3 °C	12.4 °C	15.1 °C	27.3 °C	5.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	40 mm	7	10 h/day	46 %	70 %	26 km/h	18.2 °C
February	31 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	67 %	28 km/h	17.1 °C
March	17 mm	3	12 h/day	34 %	63 %	27 km/h	16.8 °C
April	4 mm	1	13 h/day	30 %	58 %	27 km/h	17.5 °C
May	3 mm	1	14 h/day	27 %	58 %	25 km/h	19.4 °C
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	62 %	24 km/h	22.4 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	69 %	25 km/h	25.3 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	69 %	24 km/h	26.8 °C
September	2 mm	1	12 h/day	11 %	64 %	23 km/h	26.4 °C
October	11 mm	2	11 h/day	28 %	64 %	23 km/h	24.7 °C
November	18 mm	4	11 h/day	40 %	65 %	24 km/h	22.6 °C
December	44 mm	7	10 h/day	47 %	68 %	26 km/h	20.2 °C

How Benghazi compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Benghazi	31 °C	11 °C	172 mm	178
Misratah · Libya	30 °C	11 °C	124 mm	157
Zliten · Libya	33 °C	9.8 °C	147 mm	192
Valletta · Malta	28 °C	11 °C	384 mm	95

Where Benghazi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	7thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in October	11thof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	13thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in July	14thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in the world in September	22ndof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	25thof 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Benghazi.

QuestionsCommon questions about Benghazi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Benghazi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Benghazi get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 79 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Benghazi?

December, averaging 44 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 172 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Benghazi rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.