Qaryat Sulūq weather in March

In March, Qaryat Sulūq sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Qaryat Sulūq's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qaryat Sulūq's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
9th warmest
Overnight low
11°
4th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:56 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover
34%
8th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Qaryat Sulūq is town in Benghazi District, 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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Qaryat Sulūq reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°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 Qaryat Sulūq

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.

Qaryat Sulūq weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 215.310.26.3
Feb18° / 10°194.510.86.8
Mar21° / 11°112.811.88.0
Apr25° / 14°41.212.88.7
May29° / 18°20.513.67.4
Jun32° / 21°10.2145.7
Jul33° / 22°0013.95.3
Aug33° / 23°0013.25.0
Sep32° / 22°10.512.25.8
Oct28° / 19°61.411.27.6
Nov23° / 14°92.510.48.3
Dec19° / 11°215.7106.9

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Qaryat Sulūq gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 12% 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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 17 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in March

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 60 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.37:146:30
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511.47:096:33
611.47:086:34
711.57:076:35
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1911.96:526:44
2011.96:516:44
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2712.16:426:49
2812.26:406:50
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3012.26:386:51
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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 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Qaryat Sulūq

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is March a good time to visit Qaryat Sulūq?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Qaryat Sulūq for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Qaryat Sulūq in March

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

In March, Qaryat Sulūq sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Qaryat Sulūq 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 at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 20 to Dec 19 — about 7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May20Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Qaryat Sulūq 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 Qaryat Sulūq peaks around August 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Qaryat Sulūq 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 Qaryat Sulūq is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodModerateApr 1437 µg/m³Jul 2411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr38Poor
May26Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep14Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Qaryat Sulūq?

Qaryat Sulūq sits at 31.7°N, 20.3°E, 55 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Benghazi, 53 km away.

AjdabiyaAl MarjAl BurayqahAl Bayḑā’Shahhat

Topography around Qaryat Sulūq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qaryat Sulūq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Qaryat Sulūq is covered by bare terrain (78%) within 3 km, bare terrain (70%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (49%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
59 m
80 km
626 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Benghazi 53 km · Al Abyār 67 km · Az Zuwaytīnah 81 km · Ajdabiya 102 km · Al Marj 107 km · Al Burayqah 154 km · Al Bayḑā’ 187 km · Shahhat 197 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 Qaryat Sulūq (31.6682°, 20.2521°, elevation 55 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).