What are the temperature differences between Tripoli, Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Misratah and Al Bayda'?

Temperatures in all cities remain mostly within a comfortable range throughout the year Tripoli experiences the highest temperatures, often exceeding 30°C during the summer months (Jun-Sep), while Al Bayda' generally records the lowest temperatures among the compared cities and is the only city with temperatures below 10C during January and February Ajdabiya tends to have slightly higher maximum temperatures compared to Benghazi, especially during the summer Misratah shows a consistent, moderate temperature range, with the lowest variance between minimum and maximum temperatures throughout the year.

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Tripoli, Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Misratah and Al Bayda'?

Al Bayda' receives the least amount of sun in both winter and summer, and it's the wettest location across the year Ajdabiya stands out for receiving the most sunshine during the summer months All locations experience their driest periods in summer, particularly June to August.

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Tripoli, Benghazi, Ajdabiya, Misratah and Al Bayda'?

The earliest sunrises occur in June, while the latest are in January across all cities. Tripoli consistently has the latest sunrise and sunset times, while Al Bayda' experiences some of the earliest. The shortest days are in December and the longest in June for all locations, with day length varying by just over 4 hours between the seasons. Al Bayda' and Tripoli have the longest days in June, while Tripoli has the shortest day in December.

Libya: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

Temperatures in all cities remain mostly within a comfortable range throughout the year
Tripoli experiences the highest temperatures, often exceeding 30°C during the summer months (Jun-Sep), while Al Bayda' generally records the lowest temperatures among the compared cities and is the only city with temperatures below 10C during January and February
Ajdabiya tends to have slightly higher maximum temperatures compared to Benghazi, especially during the summer
Misratah shows a consistent, moderate temperature range, with the lowest variance between minimum and maximum temperatures throughout the year.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	17.4°C	16.4°C	17.4°C	17.4°C	15.0°C
Feb	18.7°C	17.0°C	18.2°C	17.6°C	15.1°C
Mar	22.4°C	20.2°C	21.8°C	19.6°C	17.5°C
Apr	25.8°C	24.7°C	26.7°C	21.5°C	21.2°C
May	29.7°C	28.4°C	30.0°C	24.8°C	24.9°C
Jun	34.0°C	31.0°C	32.2°C	28.1°C	26.9°C
Jul	35.0°C	32.2°C	32.8°C	30.3°C	28.3°C
Aug	34.9°C	32.3°C	33.2°C	30.8°C	28.9°C
Sep	33.2°C	30.5°C	31.6°C	29.4°C	27.4°C
Oct	28.2°C	27.0°C	28.1°C	26.3°C	24.6°C
Nov	23.5°C	22.6°C	23.6°C	23.0°C	21.0°C
Dec	18.9°C	18.3°C	19.1°C	19.1°C	17.1°C
Average	26.2°C	22.3°C	25.1°C	24.0°C	26.8°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	10.7°C	11.4°C	11.6°C	13.4°C	9.0°C
Feb	11.1°C	11.1°C	11.6°C	13.3°C	8.6°C
Mar	13.5°C	12.6°C	13.5°C	14.8°C	10.0°C
Apr	15.7°C	15.5°C	16.8°C	16.4°C	12.5°C
May	19.4°C	19.0°C	20.0°C	19.3°C	16.0°C
Jun	23.3°C	21.9°C	22.9°C	22.5°C	18.8°C
Jul	24.5°C	23.8°C	24.1°C	25.1°C	20.8°C
Aug	25.2°C	24.4°C	24.6°C	26.1°C	21.3°C
Sep	24.3°C	22.7°C	23.1°C	25.1°C	19.7°C
Oct	20.5°C	20.0°C	20.1°C	22.5°C	17.2°C
Nov	16.1°C	16.5°C	16.4°C	18.7°C	14.1°C
Dec	12.5°C	13.4°C	13.4°C	15.2°C	10.9°C
Average	18.2°C	14.9°C	17.7°C	19.4°C	18.1°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

Al Bayda' receives the least amount of sun in both winter and summer, and it's the wettest location across the year
Ajdabiya stands out for receiving the most sunshine during the summer months
All locations experience their driest periods in summer, particularly June to August.

Sunny Weather

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	5.4 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	5.2 hours/day	4.9 hours/day	4.1 hours/day
Feb	6.2 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	6.1 hours/day	4.8 hours/day
Mar	8.5 hours/day	8.1 hours/day	8.8 hours/day	8.3 hours/day	7.2 hours/day
Apr	9.4 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	10.1 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	9.4 hours/day
May	11.4 hours/day	11.6 hours/day	12.1 hours/day	11.6 hours/day	11.2 hours/day
Jun	13.5 hours/day	13.1 hours/day	13.3 hours/day	14.0 hours/day	12.9 hours/day
Jul	13.8 hours/day	13.6 hours/day	13.7 hours/day	13.8 hours/day	13.3 hours/day
Aug	12.8 hours/day	12.8 hours/day	13.0 hours/day	12.3 hours/day	12.8 hours/day
Sep	10.3 hours/day	10.6 hours/day	11.2 hours/day	10.1 hours/day	9.7 hours/day
Oct	7.7 hours/day	8.9 hours/day	10.1 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	8.0 hours/day
Nov	7.5 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	5.7 hours/day
Dec	5.6 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	5.1 hours/day	3.9 hours/day
Average	9.7 hours/day	8.6 hours/day	9.1 hours/day	9.2 hours/day	9.3 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	1.0mm	1.3mm	0.7mm	0.7mm	2.1mm
Feb	0.9mm	0.7mm	0.3mm	0.5mm	1.8mm
Mar	0.6mm	0.4mm	0.2mm	0.4mm	1.2mm
Apr	0.4mm	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.2mm	0.3mm
May	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.2mm	0.2mm
Jun	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.2mm
Jul	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm
Aug	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
Sep	0.7mm	0.3mm	0.2mm	0.6mm	0.5mm
Oct	0.6mm	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.4mm	0.7mm
Nov	0.6mm	0.4mm	0.2mm	0.4mm	0.9mm
Dec	1.7mm	1.3mm	0.8mm	1.3mm	2.0mm
Average	0.2mm	0.8mm	0.4mm	0.4mm	0.5mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	23.5km/h	26.5km/h	24.6km/h	28.1km/h	27.8km/h
Feb	22.4km/h	26.2km/h	24.1km/h	26.7km/h	26.1km/h
Mar	26.3km/h	28.7km/h	28.0km/h	30.6km/h	27.1km/h
Apr	26.7km/h	29.0km/h	28.6km/h	30.2km/h	24.5km/h
May	25.4km/h	27.2km/h	27.8km/h	28.0km/h	21.5km/h
Jun	24.3km/h	26.9km/h	29.1km/h	25.0km/h	21.0km/h
Jul	22.5km/h	29.1km/h	32.5km/h	23.0km/h	23.1km/h
Aug	22.7km/h	27.6km/h	29.9km/h	22.9km/h	22.0km/h
Sep	22.9km/h	25.9km/h	26.6km/h	24.9km/h	21.6km/h
Oct	21.0km/h	24.6km/h	22.9km/h	23.8km/h	20.9km/h
Nov	20.9km/h	24.4km/h	21.7km/h	24.2km/h	23.4km/h
Dec	22.5km/h	25.5km/h	22.7km/h	27.7km/h	25.0km/h
Average	26.5km/h	23.7km/h	26.8km/h	26.3km/h	23.4km/h

Humidity

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	54.8%	64.3%	59.3%	58.5%	69.8%
Feb	54.6%	62.2%	56.7%	60.3%	69.5%
Mar	50.3%	55.1%	49.1%	61.3%	64.5%
Apr	48.4%	47.7%	41.7%	63.5%	58.4%
May	45.0%	46.1%	41.6%	62.9%	55.6%
Jun	40.7%	51.2%	46.3%	62.3%	60.3%
Jul	44.2%	58.2%	53.7%	62.7%	64.2%
Aug	48.3%	58.1%	53.7%	62.4%	65.0%
Sep	50.8%	56.8%	53.0%	63.5%	64.9%
Oct	52.8%	55.7%	52.0%	61.5%	64.5%
Nov	52.2%	57.9%	53.1%	57.9%	65.4%
Dec	55.4%	63.4%	59.1%	58.7%	69.3%
Average	51.6%	64.3%	56.4%	61.3%	49.8%

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Astronomy

The earliest sunrises occur in June, while the latest are in January across all cities. Tripoli consistently has the latest sunrise and sunset times, while Al Bayda' experiences some of the earliest.
The shortest days are in December and the longest in June for all locations, with day length varying by just over 4 hours between the seasons. Al Bayda' and Tripoli have the longest days in June, while Tripoli has the shortest day in December.

Sunrise Time

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	8:08	7:40	7:37	8:00	7:34
Feb	7:50	7:22	7:20	7:42	7:16
Mar	7:16	6:49	6:48	7:08	6:42
Apr	6:37	6:11	6:11	6:31	6:04
May	6:08	5:43	5:45	6:02	5:35
Jun	5:59	5:34	5:37	5:53	5:26
Jul	6:11	5:45	5:47	6:04	5:37
Aug	6:31	6:05	6:06	6:24	5:57
Sep	6:51	6:23	6:23	6:44	6:17
Oct	7:13	6:44	6:42	7:04	6:38
Nov	7:38	7:09	7:06	7:30	7:04
Dec	8:02	7:33	7:29	7:53	7:28
Average	6:36	6:30	6:36	6:54	7:00

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	18:25	17:59	18:01	18:18	17:51
Feb	18:52	18:25	18:26	18:45	18:18
Mar	19:16	18:48	18:48	19:08	18:41
Apr	19:38	19:10	19:08	19:30	19:04
May	20:00	19:31	19:28	19:52	19:26
Jun	20:16	19:47	19:43	20:08	19:42
Jul	20:15	19:46	19:43	20:06	19:41
Aug	19:51	19:22	19:20	19:43	19:17
Sep	19:13	18:45	18:44	19:05	18:38
Oct	18:34	18:07	18:07	18:26	17:59
Nov	18:07	17:41	17:43	18:00	17:33
Dec	18:04	17:38	17:41	17:58	17:30
Average	18:42	18:36	18:42	19:06	19:12

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Tripoli	Benghazi	Ajdabiya	Misratah	Al Bayda'
Jan	10:16 hours	10:19 hours	10:24 hours	10:18 hours	10:17 hours
Feb	11:02 hours	11:03 hours	11:07 hours	11:03 hours	11:02 hours
Mar	12:00 hours	11:48 hours	11:48 hours	12:00 hours	11:41 hours
Apr	12:38 hours	12:10 hours	12:08 hours	12:30 hours	12:04 hours
May	13:00 hours	12:31 hours	12:28 hours	12:52 hours	12:26 hours
Jun	13:16 hours	12:47 hours	12:43 hours	13:08 hours	12:42 hours
Jul	13:15 hours	12:46 hours	12:43 hours	13:06 hours	12:41 hours
Aug	12:51 hours	12:22 hours	12:20 hours	12:43 hours	12:17 hours
Sep	12:13 hours	11:45 hours	11:44 hours	12:05 hours	11:38 hours
Oct	11:21 hours	11:07 hours	11:07 hours	11:22 hours	10:59 hours
Nov	10:28 hours	10:32 hours	10:37 hours	10:30 hours	10:29 hours
Dec	10:01 hours	10:05 hours	10:11 hours	10:04 hours	10:02 hours
Average	11:36 hours	11:30 hours	11:36 hours	11:48 hours	11:54 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.