Al Khums weather in March

In March, Al Khums sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Al Khums's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Khums's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
25 mm
4.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
7:20 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
34%
8th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Al Khums is Libya.

Founded
1000

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical March day in Al Khums reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Al Khums weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 14°618.610.15.5
Feb16° / 13°436.210.85.8
Mar17° / 14°254.411.86.7
Apr19° / 16°112.112.87.8
May21° / 18°4113.78.5
Jun24° / 22°10.314.19.4
Jul27° / 24°00.113.99.3
Aug28° / 26°10.213.28.9
Sep27° / 25°111.712.28.5
Oct25° / 22°274.311.28.2
Nov21° / 19°345.910.37.5
Dec18° / 15°538.59.96.3

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Al Khums gets around 25 mm of rain over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1937
2937
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4919
59010
69010
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Wind in March

Winds average 22 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:396:54
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311.37:366:55
411.37:356:56
511.47:346:57
611.47:336:58
711.47:326:58
811.57:306:59
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1011.57:287:01
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1411.77:237:04
1511.77:217:04
1611.87:207:05
1711.87:197:06
1811.87:177:07
1911.97:167:07
2011.97:157:08
2111.97:137:09
2212.07:127:10
2312.07:117:10
2412.07:097:11
2512.17:087:12
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2712.17:057:13
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Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.67 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Al Khums

In seasonPeak

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

Al Khums sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is March a good time to visit Al Khums?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Al Khums for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Khums in March

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

In March, Al Khums sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Al Khums in March

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in March near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 24 to Dec 13 — about 6.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Al Khums in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — 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 Khums peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May6High
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Khums 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 Khums is worst in March — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 2428 µg/m³Aug 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Khums?

Al Khums sits at 32.6°N, 14.3°E, 27 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Msalātah, 22 km away.

Tājūrā’

Topography around Al Khums

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Khums has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m.

The land around Al Khums is covered by water (31%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, water (47%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and water (35%), bare terrain (33%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
123 m
16 km
254 m
80 km
512 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Msalātah 22 km · Al-'Alūaṣ 28 km · Zliten 35 km · Qaşr Khiyār 39 km · Qaşr al Qarabūllī 52 km · Tarhuna 64 km · Misratah 84 km · Tājūrā’ 89 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
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Khums (32.6486°, 14.2619°, elevation 27 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).