Al Marj weather in January

In January, Al Marj sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 49 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Al Marj's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Marj's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 49 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:43 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 11th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Al Marj is city in Libya.

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical January day in Al Marj reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Al Marj weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 9°	49	9.4	10.1	4.9
Feb	16° / 9°	43	8.7	10.8	5.1
Mar	18° / 10°	26	5.2	11.8	6.9
Apr	22° / 13°	10	2.8	12.8	8.3
May	26° / 16°	6	1.6	13.6	8.7
Jun	28° / 19°	2	0.5	14.1	8.1
Jul	29° / 21°	0	0.1	13.9	7.4
Aug	30° / 22°	1	0.4	13.2	7.0
Sep	29° / 20°	5	1.5	12.2	7.4
Oct	26° / 18°	15	4.1	11.2	8.0
Nov	21° / 14°	25	5.5	10.3	7.5
Dec	17° / 11°	43	9	9.9	5.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	61	61	62	62	62	61	61	62	61	62	61	62	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	64	64	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	39	39	38	38	38	39	39	38	39	38	39	38	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	36	36	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Al Marj gets around 49 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% 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 (%)	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	28
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January 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 January

Winds average 16 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	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	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	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 January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:43 AM to 7:38 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 6:02 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:42	7:42	7:41	7:41	7:41	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:38
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:43	5:37
2	9.9	7:43	5:37
3	9.9	7:43	5:38
4	9.9	7:43	5:39
5	9.9	7:44	5:40
6	9.9	7:44	5:40
7	10.0	7:44	5:41
8	10.0	7:44	5:42
9	10.0	7:44	5:43
10	10.0	7:44	5:43
11	10.0	7:44	5:44
12	10.0	7:44	5:45
13	10.0	7:44	5:46
14	10.0	7:44	5:47
15	10.1	7:44	5:48
16	10.1	7:43	5:48
17	10.1	7:43	5:49
18	10.1	7:43	5:50
19	10.1	7:43	5:51
20	10.2	7:43	5:52
21	10.2	7:42	5:53
22	10.2	7:42	5:54
23	10.2	7:42	5:55
24	10.2	7:41	5:56
25	10.3	7:41	5:56
26	10.3	7:41	5:57
27	10.3	7:40	5:58
28	10.3	7:40	5:59
29	10.3	7:39	6:00
30	10.4	7:39	6:01
31	10.4	7:38	6:02

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.04 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.1	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.3	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Al Marj

In seasonPeak

None of Al Marj's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Al Marj sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Al Marj?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Al Marj for sightseeing.

What to pack for Al Marj in January

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

In January, Al Marj sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Al Marj in January

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in March near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 20 to Dec 16 — about 6.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	17	17	17	20	23	26	27	26	25	22	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	20	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	25	Warm
Nov	22	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Al Marj in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Marj peaks around August 11 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	6	8	7	9	10	10	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Al Marj in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Al Marj is worst in April — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (July, 10 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)	20	26	25	30	21	14	10	10	12	16	17	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	10	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Al Marj?

Al Marj sits at 32.5°N, 20.8°E, 338 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Abyār, 40 km away.

Topography around Al Marj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Marj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 783 m.

The land around Al Marj is covered by cropland (37%), artificial surfaces (36%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and water (31%), grassland (27%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

101 m

cropland 37%

16 km

595 m

cropland 58%

80 km

783 m

water 31%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Al Marj year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Al Abyār 40 km · Benghazi 83 km · Al Bayḑā’ 92 km · Shahhat 103 km · Qaryat Sulūq 107 km · Al Qubbah 135 km · Darnah 172 km · Az Zuwaytīnah 184 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 Marj (32.4926°, 20.8291°, elevation 338 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	28
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	28
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	62	38
11	61	39
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	64	36
25	64	36
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	28
16	27
17	27
18	27
19	27
20	27
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	29
29	29
30	30
31	30

	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