Benghazi Climate & Temperature
- Benghazi, Libya is at 32°4'N, 20°16'E, 132 m (433 ft). See map.
- Benghazi has a subtropical steppe/ low-latitude semi-arid hot climate (Köppen-Geiger classification: BSh).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Benghazi is situated in or near the subtropical thorn woodland biome.
- The average annual temperature is 19.6 degrees Celsius (67.3 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 16.5 °C (29.7°F). This indicates that the continentality type is oceanic, subtype truly oceanic.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 258 mm (10.2 inches) which is equivalent to 258 Litres/m² (6.33 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 3235 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Benghazi you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Rurutu, French Polynesia.
Benghazi Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 17 (63) | 18 (64) | 20 (68) | 25 (77) | 29 (84) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 28 (82) | 24 (75) | 19 (66) | 26 (78) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | 13 (55) | 13 (55) | 15 (58) | 19 (65) | 23 (73) | 26 (78) | 26 (79) | 27 (80) | 25 (77) | 23 (73) | 19 (66) | 10 (50) | 20 (67) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | 8 (46) | 8 (46) | 9 (48) | 12 (54) | 16 (61) | 19 (66) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 19 (66) | 17 (63) | 14 (57) | 1 (34) | 14 (57) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 69 (3) | 36 (1) | 21 (1) | 5 (0) | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0) | 21 (1) | 32 (1) | 65 (3) | 258 (10) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 14 (45) | 8 (28) | 7 (23) | 2 (7) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 4 (13) | 7 (23) | 12 (39) | 57 (16) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 6h 15' | 6h 56' | 7h 36' | 8h 44' | 10h 44' | 11h 02' | 12h 29' | 11h 52' | 9h 32' | 8h 21' | 7h 14' | 5h 21' | 8h 51' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 10h 17' | 10h 59' | 11h 55' | 12h 56' | 13h 46' | 14h 12' | 14h 00' | 13h 17' | 12h 19' | 11h 19' | 10h 28' | 10h 04' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 62 (38) | 64 (36) | 65 (35) | 68 (32) | 79 (21) | 78 (22) | 90 (10) | 90 (10) | 78 (22) | 75 (25) | 70 (30) | 54 (46) | 74 (26) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 38 | 47.3 | 58.2 | 69.8 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 78.3 | 70 | 58.5 | 47 | 37.9 | 34.5 | 58.2 |
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