Benghazi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇾 Libya · coastal city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Benghazi is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with July and August close behind. Benghazi averages about 3,181 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,181
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 222 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 757k
- Elevation
- 122 m
When is the best time to visit Benghazi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Benghazi is June, then July and August. The dullest month is February (60/100, 43 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Benghazi?
Benghazi is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,181 hours of sunshine a year. June (98/100) is noticeably better than February (60). It ranks #8 of 9 destinations in Libya for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,582 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 222 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 39 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 60 | 16° / 61°F | 12° / 54°F | 43 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 78 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 21 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 97 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 4 mm | 7 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 4 mm | 8 | 20° / 68°F |
| June | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 0 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 1 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 23° / 73°F | 6 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 18 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| November | 94 | 21° / 70°F | 17° / 63°F | 24 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 72 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 61 mm | 2 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Benghazi by month
The sea off Benghazi is warmest in August at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 7 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Chaniá Greece · 524 km · best in Jul · 2,895 h sun/yr
- Kalamata Greece · 576 km · best in May · 2,737 h sun/yr
- Heraklion Greece · 580 km · best in Jul · 2,929 h sun/yr
- Zakynthos Greece · 631 km · best in Jul · 2,970 h sun/yr
- Tripoli Libya · 661 km · best in Jul · 3,424 h sun/yr
- Kefallinia Greece · 670 km · best in Jul · 2,846 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Al Abraq Libya · 176 km · 3,490 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tobruk Libya · 344 km · 3,582 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Misrata Libya · 491 km · 2,987 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kithira Greece · 529 km · 2,918 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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