Tunis climate

Name: Tunis
Address: TN

Tunis is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 8.0 °C. February is the wettest month (49 mm) and July the driest (1.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tunis averages 410 mm of rain and 150 days above 25 °C.

Tunisia · population 693,210 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month February 8.0 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month February 49 mm
Least cloud July 10 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record February 1.8 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectTunis through the year

Tunis has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in February to 33 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 150 days a year reach 25 °C, 77 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 49 mm against 2 mm in July — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Tunis 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	15.2 °C	47 mm	50 %
February	15.5 °C	49 mm	48 %
March	18.0 °C	47 mm	47 %
April	20.8 °C	42 mm	45 %
May	24.9 °C	25 mm	38 %
June	29.5 °C	11 mm	25 %
July	32.6 °C	2 mm	10 %
August	33.0 °C	9 mm	16 %
September	29.0 °C	39 mm	37 %
October	25.1 °C	47 mm	46 %
November	20.0 °C	46 mm	49 %
December	16.3 °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
January	15.2 °C	8.2 °C	11.3 °C	23.5 °C	2.1 °C	0	0
February	15.5 °C	8.0 °C	11.4 °C	26.2 °C	1.8 °C	0	0
March	18.0 °C	9.6 °C	13.4 °C	33.1 °C	3.7 °C	1	0
April	20.8 °C	11.7 °C	15.9 °C	31.9 °C	5.3 °C	3	0
May	24.9 °C	14.9 °C	19.5 °C	40.0 °C	8.8 °C	14	3
June	29.5 °C	18.5 °C	23.7 °C	43.4 °C	12.7 °C	27	12
July	32.6 °C	21.2 °C	26.5 °C	44.7 °C	15.6 °C	31	24
August	33.0 °C	22.1 °C	27.1 °C	44.4 °C	16.5 °C	31	26
September	29.0 °C	20.3 °C	24.1 °C	39.7 °C	13.3 °C	27	10
October	25.1 °C	17.2 °C	20.7 °C	36.9 °C	10.9 °C	15	2
November	20.0 °C	12.9 °C	16.1 °C	28.9 °C	5.3 °C	2	0
December	16.3 °C	9.6 °C	12.6 °C	25.9 °C	2.6 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	47 mm	8	9.9 h/day	50 %	76 %	20 km/h	15.5 °C
February	49 mm	8	11 h/day	48 %	75 %	21 km/h	14.6 °C
March	47 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	73 %	21 km/h	14.7 °C
April	42 mm	7	13 h/day	45 %	70 %	21 km/h	15.9 °C
May	25 mm	4	14 h/day	38 %	67 %	20 km/h	18.1 °C
June	11 mm	2	15 h/day	25 %	62 %	19 km/h	21.4 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	10 %	60 %	18 km/h	24.5 °C
August	9 mm	2	14 h/day	16 %	63 %	17 km/h	26.1 °C
September	39 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	70 %	18 km/h	25.0 °C
October	47 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	74 %	17 km/h	22.9 °C
November	46 mm	8	10 h/day	49 %	73 %	19 km/h	20.3 °C
December	46 mm	8	9.7 h/day	49 %	75 %	20 km/h	17.4 °C

Where Tunis ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in February	22ndof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in March	23rdof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Africa in January	27thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Africa in April	30thof 50	21 °C
The coolest places in Africa in December	30thof 50	16 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in September	31stof 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tunis’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tunis?

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 Tunis get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 77 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.0 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tunis?

February, averaging 49 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 410 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 Tunis 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: 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.