Tripoli weather in March

In March, Tripoli sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 22 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 66% 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 Tripoli's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tripoli's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
10th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
22 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:24 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
33%
7th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Tripoli is capital city of Libya.

Density
417/km²
people per km²
Founded
~601 BCE

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

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical March day in Tripoli reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Tripoli weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 13°759.210.15.4
Feb16° / 13°516.510.85.7
Mar17° / 14°223.911.76.8
Apr19° / 16°121.912.87.8
May22° / 19°40.713.78.6
Jun24° / 22°10.214.19.4
Jul27° / 24°0013.99.2
Aug28° / 26°10.213.28.6
Sep27° / 25°101.712.28.4
Oct25° / 22°263.911.28.2
Nov21° / 19°516.810.37.4
Dec18° / 15°729.49.96.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. 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

Tripoli gets around 22 mm of rain over 3.9 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 13% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1946
2946
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5928
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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
121breezy
221breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

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 7:43 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.27:436:58
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1711.87:237:10
1811.87:227:11
1911.97:207:12
2011.97:197:12
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2212.07:167:14
2312.07:157:15
2412.07:147:15
2512.17:127:16
2612.17:117:17
2712.17:107:17
2812.27:087:18
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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 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 5.31 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 Tripoli

In seasonPeak

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

Tripoli 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 Tripoli?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Tripoli for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tripoli in March

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

In March, Tripoli sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: sun protection and a windbreaker. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Tripoli 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 26 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
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Tripoli 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 Tripoli peaks around June 19 at about 11 (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
Apr6High
May7High
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tripoli 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 Tripoli is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateApr 938 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb35Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May28Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tripoli?

Tripoli sits at 32.9°N, 13.2°E, 15 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Tājūrā’, 15 km away.

Topography around Tripoli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tripoli has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 723 m.

The land around Tripoli is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and water (27%) within 3 km, water (50%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 16 km, and water (38%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
723 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
March weather nearby: Tājūrā’ 15 km · Janzūr 18 km · As Sawānī 22 km · Qaşr Bin Ghashīr 23 km · Qarqūzah 36 km · Az Zahrā’ 37 km · An Nāşirīyah 41 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 43 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 Tripoli (32.8874°, 13.1873°, elevation 15 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).