Al Ghurayfah weather in March

In March, Al Ghurayfah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Al Ghurayfah's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Ghurayfah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:23 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 20%; 6th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Al Ghurayfah is town in Wadi al Hayaa District, Libya.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical March day in Al Ghurayfah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 5°C warmer than February and about 6°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	25	10
7	25	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	26	11
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	26	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	28	14
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

How March really feels in Al Ghurayfah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Al Ghurayfah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 5°	3	0.5	10.5	7.8
Feb	21° / 7°	1	0.3	11.1	8.7
Mar	26° / 12°	1	0.4	11.8	8.9
Apr	32° / 17°	0	0.1	12.6	5.5
May	36° / 22°	1	0.2	13.3	2.8
Jun	39° / 25°	1	0.2	13.6	1.0
Jul	38° / 25°	0	0	13.5	1.1
Aug	38° / 25°	0	0.1	12.9	1.2
Sep	37° / 23°	0	0	12.2	2.3
Oct	31° / 18°	2	0.4	11.4	5.9
Nov	25° / 11°	1	0.1	10.7	9.0
Dec	19° / 6°	1	0.3	10.4	8.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	86	86	86	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	87	87	87
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al Ghurayfah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 16 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	7:39	7:04
2	11.4	7:38	7:04
3	11.5	7:37	7:05
4	11.5	7:36	7:05
5	11.5	7:35	7:06
6	11.5	7:34	7:06
7	11.6	7:33	7:07
8	11.6	7:32	7:08
9	11.6	7:31	7:08
10	11.6	7:30	7:09
11	11.7	7:29	7:09
12	11.7	7:28	7:10
13	11.7	7:27	7:10
14	11.8	7:26	7:11
15	11.8	7:25	7:11
16	11.8	7:23	7:12
17	11.8	7:22	7:12
18	11.9	7:21	7:13
19	11.9	7:20	7:13
20	11.9	7:19	7:14
21	11.9	7:18	7:14
22	12.0	7:17	7:15
23	12.0	7:16	7:15
24	12.0	7:15	7:16
25	12.0	7:13	7:16
26	12.1	7:12	7:17
27	12.1	7:11	7:17
28	12.1	7:10	7:18
29	12.2	7:09	7:18
30	12.2	7:08	7:19
31	12.2	7:07	7:19

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 6.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 6.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al Ghurayfah

In seasonPeak

In March, Al Ghurayfah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Ghurayfah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Al Ghurayfah?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Al Ghurayfah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Al Ghurayfah in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Al Ghurayfah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

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UV index in Al Ghurayfah in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Ghurayfah peaks around August 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	7	7	9	9	12	11	13	10	9	7	5
Level	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	7	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Al Ghurayfah in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Al Ghurayfah is worst in April — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (November, 28 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	46	66	88	82	65	49	46	38	40	28	30
Level	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	66	Unhealthy
Apr	88	Unhealthy
May	82	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	40	Poor
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Al Ghurayfah?

Al Ghurayfah sits at 26.5°N, 13.0°E, 475 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Ubari, 25 km away.

Topography around Al Ghurayfah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Ghurayfah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ghurayfah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 481 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m.

The land around Al Ghurayfah is covered by bare terrain (69%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

173 m

bare terrain 69%

16 km

211 m

bare terrain 95%

80 km

418 m

bare terrain 99%

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← February Al Ghurayfah year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Ubari 25 km · Wādī 'Utbah 72 km · Murzuk 113 km · Al Jadīd 150 km · Sabha 152 km · Brak 169 km · Hūn 409 km · Mizdah 548 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 39% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,449; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 21.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 395
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Al Ghurayfah (26.5216°, 13.0107°, elevation 475 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	25	10
7	25	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	26	11
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	26	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	28	14
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	25	10
7	25	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	26	11
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	26	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	28	14
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	24	10
3	24	10
4	24	10
5	24	10
6	25	10
7	25	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	11
12	25	11
13	25	11
14	26	11
15	26	12
16	26	12
17	26	12
18	26	12
19	26	12
20	27	12
21	27	12
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	28	13
26	28	13
27	28	14
28	28	14
29	28	14
30	29	14
31	29	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100