Benghazi
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About
Benghazi is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is also a major seaport.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Benghazi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Benghazi
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
25° / 18°
UV High
Sat
Overcast
35° / 22°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
23° / 20°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
23° / 19°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
21° / 19°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
21° / 19°
UV Very high
Thu
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
36° / 14°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.8h
05:42 – 19:29local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Benghazi
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Benina International Airport (BEN) at 19 km.
Getting around Benghazi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.