Zintan weather in February

In February, Zintan sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 3.8 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Zintan's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zintan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 22 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 8:01 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 35%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Zintan is Libyan settlements.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical February day in Zintan reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

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

How February really feels in Zintan

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.

Zintan weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 7°	19	3.9	10.1	5.5
Feb	16° / 7°	22	3.8	10.8	6.3
Mar	20° / 10°	18	3.4	11.8	7.8
Apr	25° / 14°	8	1.8	12.8	8.6
May	29° / 18°	6	1.3	13.6	6.9
Jun	33° / 21°	2	0.4	14	4.5
Jul	35° / 23°	0	0	13.9	3.5
Aug	35° / 23°	2	0.3	13.2	3.5
Sep	32° / 21°	8	1.7	12.2	5.0
Oct	27° / 18°	16	3	11.2	7.6
Nov	21° / 12°	11	2.3	10.4	8.1
Dec	16° / 8°	16	3.6	10	6.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	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	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	74	75	75	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77
Cloudier (%)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Zintan gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 3.8 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 13% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12

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

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 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 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 42 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:11 AM to 7:47 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:01 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:11	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:47
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	8:11	6:38
2	10.5	8:10	6:39
3	10.5	8:10	6:40
4	10.5	8:09	6:41
5	10.6	8:08	6:42
6	10.6	8:08	6:43
7	10.6	8:07	6:44
8	10.6	8:06	6:44
9	10.7	8:05	6:45
10	10.7	8:05	6:46
11	10.7	8:04	6:47
12	10.7	8:03	6:48
13	10.8	8:02	6:49
14	10.8	8:01	6:50
15	10.8	8:01	6:51
16	10.9	8:00	6:51
17	10.9	7:59	6:52
18	10.9	7:58	6:53
19	11.0	7:57	6:54
20	11.0	7:56	6:55
21	11.0	7:55	6:56
22	11.0	7:54	6:57
23	11.1	7:53	6:57
24	11.1	7:52	6:58
25	11.1	7:51	6:59
26	11.2	7:50	7:00
27	11.2	7:49	7:01
28	11.2	7:47	7:01

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 4.38 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Zintan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Zintan?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Zintan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zintan in February

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

In February, Zintan sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zintan in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Zintan peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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	8	7	8	12	10	11	9	8	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Zintan 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 Zintan is worst in April — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 29 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	52	58	70	52	42	29	29	34	38	42	45
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zintan?

Zintan sits at 31.9°N, 12.3°E, 700 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Ar Rayāyinah, 14 km away.

Topography around Zintan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zintan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m around an average of 682 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 863 m.

The land around Zintan is covered by bare terrain (41%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (86%) within 80 km.

3 km

287 m

bare terrain 41%

16 km

592 m

bare terrain 66%

80 km

863 m

bare terrain 86%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Ar Rayāyinah 14 km · Yafran 30 km · Al Aşābi‘ah 59 km · Gharyan 77 km · Al Qawāsim 81 km · Mizdah 88 km · Al Ajaylat 93 km · Şurmān 97 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 Zintan (31.9316°, 12.2529°, elevation 700 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	15	7
2	15	7
3	15	7
4	15	7
5	15	7
6	15	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	17	7
18	17	8
19	17	8
20	17	8
21	17	8
22	17	8
23	17	8
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	18	9
28	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	75	25
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	77	23
28	77	23

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

	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