Az Zuwaytīnah weather in March

In March, Az Zuwaytīnah sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 10 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
20°
9th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:56 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
30%
8th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Az Zuwaytīnah is town in Cyrenaica, Libya.

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical March day in Az Zuwaytīnah reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 3°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Az Zuwaytīnah

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 Zuwaytīnah weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 12°295.610.26.4
Feb18° / 12°214.410.96.9
Mar20° / 14°102.111.88.0
Apr23° / 16°20.512.78.9
May26° / 19°10.213.58.9
Jun28° / 22°00148.1
Jul30° / 24°0013.87.4
Aug30° / 25°0013.16.8
Sep30° / 24°10.212.27.2
Oct27° / 21°61.311.28.4
Nov23° / 17°122.410.48.4
Dec19° / 14°335.8106.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% 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 17%.

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

Any precipitation

Az Zuwaytīnah gets around 10 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3982
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Wind in March

Winds average 20 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 54 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:146:32
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311.47:126:33
411.47:116:34
511.47:096:34
611.47:086:35
711.57:076:36
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1911.96:526:44
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2712.16:426:49
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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 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Az Zuwaytīnah

In seasonPeak

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

Az Zuwaytīnah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Az Zuwaytīnah?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Az Zuwaytīnah in March

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

In March, Az Zuwaytīnah sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Az Zuwaytīnah in March

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 16 to Dec 19 — about 7.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun23Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Az Zuwaytīnah 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 Az Zuwaytīnah peaks around August 12 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 — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Az Zuwaytīnah 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 Zuwaytīnah is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1444 µg/m³Jul 2313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr46Poor
May30Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Az Zuwaytīnah?

Az Zuwaytīnah sits at 31.0°N, 20.1°E, 7 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Ajdabiya, 24 km away.

BenghaziAl AbyārAl MarjBin JawwādAl Bayḑā’

Topography around Az Zuwaytīnah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Az Zuwaytīnah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Az Zuwaytīnah is covered by bare terrain (59%) and water (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and water (46%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (72%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
174 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Ajdabiya 24 km · Al Burayqah 80 km · Qaryat Sulūq 81 km · Benghazi 129 km · Al Abyār 145 km · Al Marj 184 km · Bin Jawwād 196 km · Al Bayḑā’ 254 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 Zuwaytīnah (30.9522°, 20.1202°, elevation 7 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).