Climate averages 1991–2020
Ben Gardane weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ben Gardane: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zarzis (42 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Ben Gardane, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Ben Gardane ranks joint 10th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Ben Gardane is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ben Gardane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 16 | 1.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 26 | 3.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 26 | 4.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 33 | 5.7 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Zarzis in AugustTunisia · 42 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Medenine in AugustTunisia · 71 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Al Jumayl in AugustLibya · 85 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in AugustTunisia · 89 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in AugustLibya · 116 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Şabrātah in AugustLibya · 124 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Gabès in AugustTunisia · 133 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Şurmān in AugustLibya · 133 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ben Gardane) is explained once on the Ben Gardane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.