Az Zāwīyah weather in March

In March, Az Zāwīyah sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 Az Zāwīyah's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Az Zāwīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
9th warmest
Overnight low
12°
4th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:26 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
34%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical March day in Az Zāwīyah reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Az Zāwīyah

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Az Zāwīyah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 10°295.410.16.4
Feb18° / 10°274.710.87.0
Mar21° / 12°173.511.87.9
Apr25° / 15°10212.88.6
May28° / 18°5113.77.7
Jun31° / 21°10.414.15.8
Jul33° / 23°0013.94.9
Aug34° / 24°10.313.24.5
Sep32° / 23°111.912.25.2
Oct28° / 20°183.411.27.0
Nov23° / 15°214.210.38.0
Dec19° / 11°255.29.97.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. 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

Az Zāwīyah gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.5 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 12% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days.

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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6973
7973
8973
9973
10964
11964
12964
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14964
15964
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19955
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24937
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27928
28928
29928
30919
31919

Wind in March

Winds average 14 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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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 7:45 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:457:00
211.37:447:00
311.37:437:01
411.37:427:02
511.47:407:03
611.47:397:04
711.47:387:04
811.57:377:05
911.57:357:06
1011.57:347:07
1111.67:337:07
1211.67:317:08
1311.67:307:09
1411.77:297:10
1511.77:287:10
1611.77:267:11
1711.87:257:12
1811.87:247:13
1911.97:227:13
2011.97:217:14
2111.97:207:15
2212.07:187:16
2312.07:177:16
2412.07:167:17
2512.17:147:18
2612.17:137:19
2712.17:117:19
2812.27:107:20
2912.27:097:21
3012.27:077:21
3112.37:067:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Az Zāwīyah

In seasonPeak

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

Az Zāwīyah 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 Az Zāwīyah?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Az Zāwīyah for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Az Zāwīyah in March

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

In March, Az Zāwīyah sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Az Zāwīyah 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 at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 25 to Dec 11 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Az Zāwīyah 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 Az Zāwīyah peaks around June 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr5High
May7Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Az Zāwīyah 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 Az Zāwīyah is worst in April — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateApr 1140 µg/m³Aug 1016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb35Poor
Mar38Poor
Apr40Poor
May29Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Az Zāwīyah?

Az Zāwīyah sits at 32.8°N, 12.7°E, 18 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Zawiya, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Az Zāwīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Az Zāwīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 879 m.

The land around Az Zāwīyah is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) within 3 km, water (33%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and water (30%), bare terrain (27%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
102 m
80 km
879 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Zawiya 1.0 km · Al Ḩurshah 5.0 km · Qarqūzah 11 km · Şurmān 15 km · Az Zahrā’ 16 km · An Nāşirīyah 19 km · Şabrātah 23 km · Janzūr 28 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 Az Zāwīyah (32.7571°, 12.7276°, elevation 18 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).