Sukrah climate
Sukrah is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 9.1 °C. November is the wettest month (49 mm) and July the driest (1.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sukrah averages 412 mm of rain and 132 days above 25 °C.
Tunisia · population 159,862 · 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 31 °C
- Coldest month February 9.1 °C
- Driest month July 2 mm
- Wettest month November 49 mm
- Least cloud July 10 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 43 °C
- Coldest on record February 2.6 °C
- Warmest sea August 26 °C
What to expectSukrah through the year
Sukrah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 31 °C in August, a swing of 15 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 132 days a year reach 25 °C, 48 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 49 mm against 2 mm in July — 28 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Sukrah is warmest in August at 26 °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 | 14.9 °C | 48 mm | 50 % |
| February | 15.0 °C | 49 mm | 48 % |
| March | 17.2 °C | 47 mm | 46 % |
| April | 19.6 °C | 41 mm | 45 % |
| May | 23.2 °C | 24 mm | 38 % |
| June | 27.4 °C | 11 mm | 25 % |
| July | 30.4 °C | 2 mm | 10 % |
| August | 31.1 °C | 8 mm | 16 % |
| September | 27.8 °C | 39 mm | 37 % |
| October | 24.4 °C | 48 mm | 45 % |
| November | 19.7 °C | 49 mm | 49 % |
| December | 16.2 °C | 46 mm | 49 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9 °C | 9.4 °C | 12.0 °C | 22.2 °C | 2.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 15.0 °C | 9.1 °C | 11.8 °C | 24.9 °C | 2.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 17.2 °C | 10.5 °C | 13.6 °C | 31.2 °C | 5.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 19.6 °C | 12.5 °C | 15.8 °C | 29.2 °C | 6.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 23.2 °C | 15.5 °C | 19.1 °C | 37.3 °C | 9.4 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 27.4 °C | 19.0 °C | 23.1 °C | 41.5 °C | 13.7 °C | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| July | 30.4 °C | 21.7 °C | 25.9 °C | 42.7 °C | 16.3 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
| August | 31.1 °C | 22.7 °C | 26.6 °C | 42.6 °C | 17.8 °C | 31 | 19 | 0 |
| September | 27.8 °C | 21.0 °C | 24.1 °C | 37.1 °C | 14.3 °C | 25 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 24.4 °C | 18.1 °C | 20.9 °C | 35.4 °C | 11.9 °C | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 19.7 °C | 14.0 °C | 16.6 °C | 28.0 °C | 6.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 16.2 °C | 10.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 3.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48 mm | 8 | 9.9 h/day | 50 % | 75 % | 20 km/h | 15.5 °C |
| February | 49 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 74 % | 21 km/h | 14.6 °C |
| March | 47 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 74 % | 22 km/h | 14.7 °C |
| April | 41 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 45 % | 73 % | 21 km/h | 15.9 °C |
| May | 24 mm | 4 | 14 h/day | 38 % | 70 % | 20 km/h | 18.1 °C |
| June | 11 mm | 2 | 15 h/day | 25 % | 67 % | 19 km/h | 21.4 °C |
| July | 2 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 10 % | 65 % | 19 km/h | 24.5 °C |
| August | 8 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 16 % | 67 % | 18 km/h | 26.1 °C |
| September | 39 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 37 % | 71 % | 18 km/h | 25.0 °C |
| October | 48 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 45 % | 74 % | 18 km/h | 22.9 °C |
| November | 49 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 49 % | 73 % | 20 km/h | 20.3 °C |
| December | 46 mm | 8 | 9.7 h/day | 49 % | 74 % | 20 km/h | 17.4 °C |
Where Sukrah ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The coolest places in Africa in March | 15thof 50 | 17 °C |
| The coolest places in Africa in April | 16thof 50 | 20 °C |
| Best beach destinations in Africa in July | 17thof 50 | 95/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Africa in September | 19thof 50 | 95/100 |
| The coolest places in Africa in February | 19thof 50 | 15 °C |
| Best beach destinations in Africa in August | 23rdof 50 | 94/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sukrah.
QuestionsCommon questions about Sukrah’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sukrah?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, 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 Sukrah get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 48 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 9.1 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Sukrah?
November, averaging 49 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 412 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 Sukrah 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.