Al Marj climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Marj?

Al Marj has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 250 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Marj?

The hottest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2024, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Marj?

The coldest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at 1.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Marj?

Almost never: Al Marj sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Al Marj warmed?

Yes: Al Marj warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Marj?

The wettest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2023, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Marj?

The windiest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1985, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Marj?

The warmest month in Al Marj is August (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Marj?

Al Marj receives on average 250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Marj?

Al Marj gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Marj (Libya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 250 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Al Marj averages 0 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 54 rainy days per year.

Al Marj has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 13 June 2024) and the coldest 1.4 °C (on 2 January 1942).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Al MarjAl Marj

coords: 32.49°, 20.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.4°C

Average daily high

23.0°C

Average daily low

14.6°C

Annual rainfall

250mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

21.0km/h

Seasonal range

13.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

54 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.9 °C

Average feels-like low

13.4 °C

Average peak gust

40.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

73 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

41.9 °C

13 June 2024

Coldest day

1.4 °C

2 January 1942

Wettest day

130 mm

10 September 2023

Windiest day

54.8 km/h

17 January 1985

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

26 March 2015

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

12 August 1968

Coldest feels-like

-3.5 °C

2 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.2 cm

2 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.5 h

25 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.6 °C24 May 2025	3.9 °C23 February 2025	19.6 °C	126 mm	94
2024	41.9 °C13 June 2024	4.3 °C31 January 2024	20.4 °C	177 mm	131
2023	38.4 °C26 July 2023	5.9 °C17 February 2023	19.4 °C	360 mm	62
2022	38.7 °C1 October 2022	4.1 °C25 January 2022	19.2 °C	255 mm	70
2021	38.1 °C2 May 2021	4.6 °C21 January 2021	19.8 °C	209 mm	87
2020	38.5 °C19 May 2020	3.7 °C13 January 2020	19.2 °C	227 mm	87
2019	36.9 °C15 July 2019	2.2 °C17 January 2019	18.9 °C	324 mm	69
2018	38.2 °C8 August 2018	6.2 °C19 January 2018	19.9 °C	174 mm	69
2017	38.2 °C11 September 2017	3.6 °C1 January 2017	18.5 °C	258 mm	58
2016	37.6 °C30 May 2016	4.1 °C31 December 2016	19.9 °C	120 mm	72
2015	36.7 °C10 September 2015	3.6 °C13 February 2015	18.6 °C	200 mm	54
2014	38.2 °C27 June 2014	5.4 °C8 February 2014	19.1 °C	194 mm	64
2013	38.9 °C28 May 2013	5.2 °C28 January 2013	19.4 °C	202 mm	64
2012	37.7 °C21 May 2012	3.3 °C11 February 2012	18.9 °C	288 mm	67
2011	37.8 °C23 July 2011	4.3 °C9 March 2011	18.2 °C	374 mm	48
2010	38.3 °C16 June 2010	5.7 °C6 February 2010	19.9 °C	135 mm	61
2009	36.9 °C17 September 2009	5.1 °C17 February 2009	19.0 °C	231 mm	37
2008	37.5 °C21 April 2008	3.0 °C18 February 2008	19.3 °C	161 mm	72
2007	38.1 °C27 June 2007	4.8 °C6 February 2007	18.9 °C	219 mm	54
2006	37.1 °C17 September 2006	3.2 °C15 January 2006	18.4 °C	195 mm	41
2005	37.5 °C18 May 2005	3.1 °C21 January 2005	18.5 °C	192 mm	49
2004	35.6 °C13 July 2004	3.9 °C14 February 2004	18.8 °C	201 mm	52
2003	38.0 °C10 September 2003	4.1 °C15 February 2003	18.8 °C	237 mm	71
2002	41.2 °C11 August 2002	4.5 °C5 January 2002	18.6 °C	228 mm	51
2001	36.9 °C22 August 2001	4.5 °C18 February 2001	18.9 °C	201 mm	53
2000	35.5 °C2 September 2000	5.1 °C8 March 2000	18.4 °C	219 mm	38
1999	36.9 °C20 May 1999	4.2 °C6 February 1999	19.1 °C	153 mm	59
1998	38.8 °C4 July 1998	3.9 °C29 January 1998	18.5 °C	220 mm	58
1997	38.4 °C23 June 1997	4.9 °C7 February 1997	18.1 °C	258 mm	45
1996	37.8 °C3 September 1996	4.7 °C3 February 1996	18.2 °C	312 mm	43
1995	40.0 °C13 June 1995	4.6 °C24 March 1995	18.4 °C	209 mm	62
1994	34.5 °C26 August 1994	5.5 °C16 February 1994	18.5 °C	314 mm	34
1993	36.3 °C15 September 1993	3.4 °C27 February 1993	18.3 °C	191 mm	37
1992	36.9 °C10 July 1992	4.4 °C10 February 1992	18.0 °C	165 mm	34
1991	37.1 °C20 June 1991	4.7 °C1 February 1991	18.1 °C	281 mm	29
1990	36.6 °C7 June 1990	4.8 °C12 January 1990	18.7 °C	137 mm	34
1989	36.8 °C9 September 1989	3.0 °C6 January 1989	18.4 °C	236 mm	41
1988	40.2 °C28 June 1988	5.2 °C18 January 1988	18.7 °C	251 mm	57
1987	35.7 °C28 June 1987	3.0 °C8 March 1987	18.0 °C	226 mm	43
1986	38.2 °C6 June 1986	6.0 °C10 December 1986	18.0 °C	333 mm	26
1985	33.8 °C27 April 1985	5.9 °C26 February 1985	18.4 °C	274 mm	32
1984	36.2 °C7 June 1984	4.5 °C29 January 1984	18.0 °C	164 mm	41
1983	35.1 °C20 June 1983	3.0 °C26 February 1983	17.8 °C	226 mm	29
1982	39.3 °C10 August 1982	5.1 °C18 March 1982	18.1 °C	228 mm	43
1981	37.4 °C25 June 1981	3.2 °C29 January 1981	18.3 °C	323 mm	34
1980	36.9 °C30 May 1980	3.0 °C6 January 1980	17.9 °C	151 mm	36
1979	36.8 °C18 June 1979	3.7 °C16 January 1979	18.4 °C	276 mm	42
1978	40.2 °C21 June 1978	4.6 °C9 January 1978	17.9 °C	346 mm	35
1977	36.1 °C24 May 1977	4.7 °C19 February 1977	18.6 °C	241 mm	63
1976	35.2 °C24 August 1976	3.6 °C10 February 1976	17.5 °C	330 mm	29
1975	36.1 °C17 June 1975	4.6 °C3 March 1975	17.6 °C	215 mm	23
1974	38.4 °C28 June 1974	3.6 °C24 January 1974	18.0 °C	272 mm	40
1973	38.9 °C23 June 1973	4.3 °C4 January 1973	18.1 °C	305 mm	47
1972	39.2 °C15 June 1972	4.7 °C29 January 1972	18.2 °C	347 mm	50
1971	36.9 °C18 June 1971	5.0 °C16 January 1971	18.0 °C	349 mm	32
1970	36.6 °C10 May 1970	5.4 °C14 December 1970	18.1 °C	262 mm	30
1969	41.0 °C14 June 1969	4.3 °C1 February 1969	18.3 °C	329 mm	54
1968	41.2 °C12 August 1968	2.0 °C29 January 1968	18.3 °C	285 mm	47
1967	39.1 °C18 June 1967	1.8 °C23 January 1967	17.7 °C	238 mm	31
1966	38.9 °C28 July 1966	3.8 °C7 January 1966	18.8 °C	248 mm	70
1965	39.1 °C4 June 1965	3.5 °C17 December 1965	17.9 °C	301 mm	60
1964	36.9 °C26 August 1964	2.9 °C28 January 1964	18.6 °C	170 mm	61
1963	38.2 °C16 June 1963	4.1 °C27 January 1963	18.4 °C	214 mm	41
1962	35.3 °C3 June 1962	4.7 °C9 February 1962	18.2 °C	440 mm	41
1961	41.5 °C29 May 1961	5.3 °C21 January 1961	17.7 °C	288 mm	23
1960	38.7 °C4 July 1960	5.1 °C9 January 1960	18.8 °C	211 mm	58
1959	37.9 °C6 August 1959	2.0 °C29 January 1959	17.5 °C	221 mm	25
1958	37.0 °C24 June 1958	3.0 °C28 January 1958	18.4 °C	138 mm	39
1957	35.9 °C28 May 1957	3.3 °C4 February 1957	18.0 °C	349 mm	44
1956	37.9 °C21 July 1956	3.4 °C9 February 1956	17.9 °C	186 mm	39
1955	38.8 °C29 July 1955	2.4 °C6 March 1955	19.3 °C	171 mm	72
1954	37.1 °C4 June 1954	3.0 °C17 January 1954	17.7 °C	377 mm	40
1953	36.4 °C8 June 1953	2.2 °C13 March 1953	17.6 °C	280 mm	51
1952	35.4 °C24 August 1952	4.0 °C4 March 1952	18.3 °C	318 mm	68
1951	37.3 °C7 September 1951	4.3 °C24 January 1951	18.5 °C	302 mm	57
1950	34.2 °C10 August 1950	2.6 °C15 January 1950	17.8 °C	274 mm	36
1949	34.9 °C1 June 1949	3.4 °C9 January 1949	17.5 °C	297 mm	37
1948	36.3 °C7 July 1948	3.9 °C21 December 1948	17.8 °C	260 mm	48
1947	38.8 °C1 September 1947	5.8 °C18 January 1947	18.7 °C	260 mm	66
1946	37.4 °C31 May 1946	3.7 °C27 February 1946	18.5 °C	264 mm	75
1945	40.8 °C15 August 1945	2.5 °C7 January 1945	17.9 °C	276 mm	69
1944	35.6 °C19 June 1944	3.5 °C23 January 1944	17.8 °C	391 mm	46
1943	34.5 °C8 October 1943	3.1 °C19 January 1943	17.9 °C	221 mm	41
1942	36.9 °C19 June 1942	1.4 °C2 January 1942	18.0 °C	307 mm	44
1941	40.1 °C15 June 1941	2.5 °C7 January 1941	18.0 °C	225 mm	71
1940	39.2 °C25 June 1940	3.9 °C5 March 1940	17.9 °C	350 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.8 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

127 mm

-124 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.2 °C	+3.1 °C	7 mm	-45 mm
Feb	16.5 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	-31 mm
Mar	22.5 °C	+4.5 °C	16 mm	-15 mm
Apr	21.7 °C	-0.3 °C	9 mm	-4 mm
May	28.0 °C	+2.3 °C	15 mm	+9 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	31.9 °C	+2.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	31.4 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-6 mm
Oct	26.3 °C	+0.8 °C	12 mm	-8 mm
Nov	22.7 °C	+1.6 °C	19 mm	-8 mm
Dec	18.3 °C	+1.5 °C	35 mm	-12 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.6 °C

24 May 2025

Coldest day

3.9 °C

23 Feb 2025

Wettest day

9.0 mm

5 Dec 2025

Windiest day

38.7 km/h

16 May 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

16 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

23 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.3 °C

23 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

4 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Marj?

Al Marj has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 250 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Marj?

The hottest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 13 June 2024, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Marj?

The coldest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at 1.4 °C.

Does it snow in Al Marj?

Almost never: Al Marj sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Al Marj warmed?

Yes: Al Marj warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Marj?

The wettest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2023, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Marj?

The windiest day measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1985, with winds reaching 54.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Marj?

The warmest month in Al Marj is August (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Marj?

Al Marj receives on average 250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Marj?

Al Marj gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Al Marj?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Al Marj between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, with 0.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Al Marj?

Yes: Al Marj has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Marj?

In Al Marj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 12 August 1968, and the lowest was -3.5 °C on 2 January 1942.

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