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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Al Marj
Al Marj climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Apr–May · Oct
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing14°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation415 mm52 wet days a year
32.49° N, 20.83° EElevation 338 mUTC+2 · Eastern European Standard Time
When to goAl Marj · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Oct
October: high / low26° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Al Marj has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 30° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 15° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 14°.
About 415 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (99 mm, 13 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in July to 31% in January.
Compared with Tripoli, the capital, Al Marj is 0.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · August
- Coldest nights
- 8° · February
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 5% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 15° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 21° | 17° |
| Average low | 8° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 99 mm | 72 mm | 48 mm | 11 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 6 mm | 22 mm | 61 mm | 88 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 12.7 | 6.2 | 5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 11.3 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 27% | 24% | 21% | 19% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 17% | 25% | 29% |
| Daylight | 10h 15 | 11h 02 | 11h 57 | 12h 58 | 13h 49 | 14h 16 | 14h 05 | 13h 22 | 12h 24 | 11h 25 | 10h 31 | 10h 02 |
| Month score | 52 | 70 | 87 | 96 | 91 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 92 | 84 | 65 |
ivMonth by month
Al Marj in every month
January52
15° / 8°
99 mm · 12.7 wet days
February70
15° / 8°
72 mm · 6.2 wet days
March87
18° / 9°
48 mm · 5 wet days
April96
22° / 11°
11 mm · 1.5 wet days
May91
26° / 15°
6 mm · 2.2 wet days
June83
29° / 18°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
July81
29° / 20°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
August79
30° / 20°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
September78
29° / 19°
6 mm · 2.8 wet days
October92
26° / 16°
22 mm · 2.5 wet days
November84
21° / 13°
61 mm · 6.7 wet days
December65
17° / 10°
88 mm · 11.3 wet days