Benghazi weather in February

In February, Benghazi sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 30 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 50% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Benghazi's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benghazi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 5.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:30 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 10th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Benghazi is second largest city in Libya.

Density: 2,412/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~524 BCE

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical February day in Benghazi reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13

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

How February really feels in Benghazi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

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

Benghazi weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-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° / 12°	39	7.6	10.1	5.8
Feb	17° / 12°	30	5.6	10.8	6.1
Mar	19° / 13°	15	3.4	11.8	7.4
Apr	22° / 16°	4	1.1	12.8	8.5
May	25° / 19°	2	0.7	13.6	9.0
Jun	27° / 22°	1	0.2	14.1	8.8
Jul	29° / 24°	0	0	13.9	7.9
Aug	30° / 25°	0	0	13.2	7.3
Sep	29° / 23°	2	0.5	12.2	7.8
Oct	26° / 21°	11	2.1	11.2	8.5
Nov	22° / 17°	17	3.6	10.4	8.0
Dec	18° / 14°	43	7.6	9.9	6.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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
Clearer (%)	74	73	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	78	78	78	79
Cloudier (%)	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	22	22	22	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Benghazi gets around 30 mm of rain over 5.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 99% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 20 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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
Wind speed (km/h)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	20	breezy
2	20	breezy
3	20	breezy
4	20	breezy
5	20	breezy
6	20	breezy
7	20	breezy
8	20	breezy
9	20	breezy
10	20	breezy
11	20	breezy
12	20	breezy
13	20	breezy
14	20	breezy
15	20	breezy
16	20	breezy
17	20	breezy
18	20	breezy
19	20	breezy
20	20	breezy
21	20	breezy
22	20	breezy
23	20	breezy
24	20	light breeze
25	20	light breeze
26	20	light breeze
27	20	light breeze
28	20	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 7:16 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:30 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
Daylight (h)	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:40	6:07
2	10.5	7:39	6:08
3	10.5	7:39	6:08
4	10.5	7:38	6:09
5	10.5	7:37	6:10
6	10.6	7:37	6:11
7	10.6	7:36	6:12
8	10.6	7:35	6:13
9	10.7	7:34	6:14
10	10.7	7:34	6:15
11	10.7	7:33	6:16
12	10.7	7:32	6:16
13	10.8	7:31	6:17
14	10.8	7:30	6:18
15	10.8	7:30	6:19
16	10.9	7:29	6:20
17	10.9	7:28	6:21
18	10.9	7:27	6:22
19	10.9	7:26	6:23
20	11.0	7:25	6:23
21	11.0	7:24	6:24
22	11.0	7:23	6:25
23	11.1	7:22	6:26
24	11.1	7:21	6:27
25	11.1	7:20	6:28
26	11.2	7:19	6:28
27	11.2	7:17	6:29
28	11.2	7:16	6:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.03 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.6	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Benghazi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Benghazi?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Benghazi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Benghazi in February

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

In February, Benghazi sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Benghazi in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 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 23 to Dec 19 — 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	18	19	22	25	27	26	25	23	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	18	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	25	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Benghazi in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Benghazi peaks around August 12 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.

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

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

Air quality in Benghazi in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Benghazi is worst in April — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 9 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	25	24	28	19	12	9	9	11	16	17	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	12	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Benghazi?

Benghazi sits at 32.1°N, 20.1°E, 3 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Abyār, 50 km away.

Topography around Benghazi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benghazi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m.

The land around Benghazi is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and water (33%) within 3 km, water (49%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and bare terrain (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

artificial surfaces 48%

16 km

89 m

water 49%

80 km

648 m

water 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← January Benghazi year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Al Abyār 50 km · Qaryat Sulūq 53 km · Al Marj 83 km · Az Zuwaytīnah 129 km · Ajdabiya 152 km · Al Bayḑā’ 174 km · Shahhat 185 km · Al Burayqah 196 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 Benghazi (32.1149°, 20.0686°, elevation 3 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	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	17	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	18	12
27	18	13
28	18	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	73	27
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	73	27
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	74	26
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	75	25
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	76	24
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1