Bani Walid weather in January

In January, Bani Walid sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 17°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 8 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:09 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 10th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Bani Walid 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 17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bani Walid reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How January really feels in Bani Walid

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Bani Walid weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-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	17° / 8°	8	2.2	10.2	6.9
Feb	18° / 8°	9	2.3	10.8	7.5
Mar	22° / 10°	12	2.1	11.8	8.3
Apr	26° / 13°	6	1.2	12.8	8.5
May	30° / 17°	4	0.8	13.6	6.5
Jun	34° / 20°	1	0.3	14	4.2
Jul	36° / 22°	0	0.1	13.9	3.2
Aug	35° / 23°	1	0.3	13.2	3.2
Sep	33° / 22°	6	1.3	12.2	4.5
Oct	29° / 18°	8	1.8	11.2	7.1
Nov	23° / 13°	5	1	10.4	8.6
Dec	18° / 9°	6	1.4	10	7.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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 (%)	80	79	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	20	21	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Bani Walid gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 9% 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 (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

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 17 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
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	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	17	light breeze
11	17	light breeze
12	17	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 8:08 AM to 8:04 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:31 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)	10.0	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	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:07	8:06	8:06	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	8:08	6:06
2	10.0	8:09	6:07
3	10.0	8:09	6:07
4	10.0	8:09	6:08
5	10.0	8:09	6:09
6	10.0	8:09	6:10
7	10.0	8:09	6:10
8	10.0	8:10	6:11
9	10.0	8:10	6:12
10	10.1	8:10	6:13
11	10.1	8:10	6:13
12	10.1	8:10	6:14
13	10.1	8:10	6:15
14	10.1	8:09	6:16
15	10.1	8:09	6:17
16	10.1	8:09	6:18
17	10.2	8:09	6:18
18	10.2	8:09	6:19
19	10.2	8:09	6:20
20	10.2	8:08	6:21
21	10.2	8:08	6:22
22	10.2	8:08	6:23
23	10.3	8:08	6:24
24	10.3	8:07	6:24
25	10.3	8:07	6:25
26	10.3	8:06	6:26
27	10.4	8:06	6:27
28	10.4	8:06	6:28
29	10.4	8:05	6:29
30	10.4	8:05	6:30
31	10.4	8:04	6:31

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 3.51 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)	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9
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	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.4	Moderate
11	3.4	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Bani Walid

In seasonPeak

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

Bani Walid sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Bani Walid?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Bani Walid for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bani Walid in January

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

In January, Bani Walid sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Bani Walid in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bani Walid peaks around June 19 at about 11 (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 — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	6	7	6	8	11	10	11	9	8	5	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bani Walid 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 Bani Walid is worst in April — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 26 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)	55	50	57	67	54	40	28	26	30	32	37	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	57	Unhealthy
Apr	67	Unhealthy
May	54	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bani Walid?

Bani Walid sits at 31.7°N, 14.0°E, 269 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Tarhuna, 83 km away.

Topography around Bani Walid

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bani Walid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 256 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 930 m.

The land around Bani Walid is covered by bare terrain (54%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

bare terrain 54%

16 km

200 m

bare terrain 93%

80 km

930 m

bare terrain 93%

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← December Bani Walid year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Tarhuna 83 km · Msalātah 93 km · Zliten 97 km · Al Qawāsim 100 km · Mizdah 100 km · Gharyan 103 km · Al Khums 104 km · Qaşr Khiyār 107 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 Bani Walid (31.7455°, 13.9835°, elevation 269 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	17	8
7	17	8
8	17	8
9	17	8
10	17	8
11	17	8
12	17	8
13	17	8
14	17	8
15	17	8
16	17	8
17	17	8
18	17	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	17	8
25	17	8
26	17	8
27	17	8
28	17	8
29	17	8
30	17	8
31	17	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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