Sousse climate

Name: Sousse
Address: TN

Sousse is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.5 °C. October is the wettest month (50 mm) and July the driest (1.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Sousse averages 325 mm of rain and 178 days above 25 °C.

Tunisia · population 221,715 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 35 °C
Coldest month January 7.5 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month October 50 mm
Least cloud July 9 % cloud
Hottest on record August 47 °C
Coldest on record February 0.4 °C
Warmest sea August 27 °C

What to expectSousse through the year

Sousse has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 17 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 178 days a year reach 25 °C, 106 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 50 mm against 1 mm in July — 37 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Sousse is warmest in August at 27 °C and coldest in February at 15 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.7 °C	33 mm	43 %
February	17.4 °C	27 mm	41 %
March	20.2 °C	42 mm	41 %
April	23.1 °C	25 mm	41 %
May	27.2 °C	15 mm	35 %
June	31.5 °C	6 mm	22 %
July	34.6 °C	1 mm	9 %
August	34.8 °C	9 mm	14 %
September	30.6 °C	49 mm	35 %
October	26.5 °C	50 mm	42 %
November	21.5 °C	34 mm	43 %
December	17.7 °C	34 mm	42 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.7 °C	7.5 °C	11.7 °C	25.7 °C	0.9 °C	0	0
February	17.4 °C	7.6 °C	12.1 °C	33.4 °C	0.4 °C	1	0
March	20.2 °C	9.5 °C	14.5 °C	37.1 °C	2.5 °C	3	0
April	23.1 °C	11.9 °C	17.1 °C	36.3 °C	5.6 °C	8	1
May	27.2 °C	15.2 °C	20.9 °C	42.9 °C	9.1 °C	22	6
June	31.5 °C	18.9 °C	25.0 °C	46.3 °C	11.4 °C	29	18
July	34.6 °C	21.6 °C	27.9 °C	46.2 °C	15.1 °C	31	30
August	34.8 °C	22.5 °C	28.3 °C	47.4 °C	17.5 °C	31	30
September	30.6 °C	20.7 °C	25.2 °C	41.3 °C	14.9 °C	29	16
October	26.5 °C	17.3 °C	21.5 °C	38.0 °C	9.3 °C	20	5
November	21.5 °C	12.6 °C	16.6 °C	30.2 °C	4.3 °C	4	0
December	17.7 °C	8.9 °C	12.8 °C	29.9 °C	0.9 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	33 mm	5	10 h/day	43 %	70 %	20 km/h	16.0 °C
February	27 mm	5	11 h/day	41 %	67 %	22 km/h	14.9 °C
March	42 mm	6	12 h/day	41 %	66 %	22 km/h	14.9 °C
April	25 mm	5	13 h/day	41 %	64 %	22 km/h	16.1 °C
May	15 mm	3	14 h/day	35 %	60 %	22 km/h	18.7 °C
June	6 mm	1	15 h/day	22 %	56 %	21 km/h	22.0 °C
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	53 %	20 km/h	25.2 °C
August	9 mm	1	14 h/day	14 %	58 %	19 km/h	26.8 °C
September	49 mm	5	12 h/day	35 %	66 %	19 km/h	26.0 °C
October	50 mm	7	11 h/day	42 %	70 %	18 km/h	23.9 °C
November	34 mm	5	10 h/day	43 %	68 %	20 km/h	21.1 °C
December	34 mm	5	9.7 h/day	42 %	69 %	21 km/h	18.2 °C

Where Sousse ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in October	32nd of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	33rd of 50	93/100
The warmest places in Africa in August	33rd of 50	35 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	33rd of 50	27 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in November	40th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in February	42nd of 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sousse.

QuestionsCommon questions about Sousse’s climate

When is the best time to visit Sousse?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Sousse get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 106 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 47 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.5 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Sousse?

October, averaging 50 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 325 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Sousse rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 35.825°, 10.637° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.