Benghazi Weather in December
Benghazi in December
The short of it: Benghazi in December averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 10 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 12° · rain 60 mm · daylight 10 h 3 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Benghazi an average December high of 20°, a low of 12° and some 60 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against November, to near 20°; nights run about 12°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 60 mm.
The sun is up for about 10 h 3 min in mid-December, 25 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Benghazi runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Daryānah, 34 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
December in Benghazi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 39 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DaryānahBanghazi | 34 km NE | 20° | 12° | 69 mm |
| Al AbyārAl Marj | 50 km E | 18° | 9° | 71 mm |
| QamīnisBanghazi | 51 km S | 20° | 10° | 47 mm |
| Qaryat SulūqBanghazi | 53 km SSE | 20° | 10° | 49 mm |
| TūkrahAl Marj | 67 km NE | 20° | 12° | 78 mm |
| Al MarjAl Marj | 83 km ENE | 17° | 8° | 106 mm |
| Jardas al ‘AbīdAl Marj | 89 km ENE | 15° | 7° | 86 mm |
| SulţānBanghazi | 114 km S | 20° | 10° | 42 mm |