Benghazi climate

Benghazi Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Benghazi, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on January 1 to 17°C on January 31, and lows from 14°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 43 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Benghazi, in °C, with the record for each date.7.51012.51517.52022.5151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
17°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
43 mm
Reanalysis high
21°CJan 12, 2009
Reanalysis low
9°CJan 20, 1996
Daylight
10 h 05 min to 10 h 38 min
Cloud cover
62%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
21.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 117°C14°C21°C 201010°C 199235%
Jan 217°C14°C19°C 199610°C 199233%
Jan 317°C13°C19°C 199710°C 200233%
Jan 417°C13°C20°C 200311°C 200232%
Jan 517°C13°C20°C 200310°C 199332%
Jan 617°C13°C21°C 201610°C 200231%
Jan 717°C13°C20°C 201010°C 199331%
Jan 817°C13°C21°C 199410°C 199532%
Jan 917°C13°C20°C 200310°C 200631%
Jan 1017°C13°C20°C 201611°C 200630%
Jan 1117°C13°C21°C 201611°C 200630%
Jan 1217°C13°C21°C 200910°C 201729%
Jan 1317°C13°C21°C 200910°C 200628%
Jan 1417°C13°C19°C 200110°C 199627%
Jan 1517°C13°C19°C 200110°C 201328%
Jan 1617°C13°C20°C 201611°C 201928%
Jan 1717°C13°C18°C 201510°C 201927%
Jan 1817°C13°C19°C 19949°C 201927%
Jan 1917°C13°C20°C 19949°C 199628%
Jan 2017°C13°C20°C 20159°C 199627%
Jan 2117°C13°C21°C 20049°C 199627%
Jan 2217°C12°C19°C 201510°C 199226%
Jan 2317°C12°C20°C 20119°C 201926%
Jan 2417°C12°C20°C 200710°C 199626%
Jan 2517°C12°C20°C 200710°C 202026%
Jan 2617°C12°C21°C 200710°C 199826%
Jan 2717°C12°C21°C 200710°C 200625%
Jan 2817°C12°C20°C 201110°C 201725%
Jan 2917°C12°C20°C 20019°C 199226%
Jan 3017°C12°C19°C 19989°C 201226%
Jan 3117°C12°C20°C 201110°C 201227%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Benghazi, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 6:12 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.