Climate averages 1991–2020
Bizerte weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bizerte: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sukrah (55 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Bizerte, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Bizerte ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 25.7°C; Bizerte is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 8.9 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Bizerte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 67 | 10.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 61 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 48 | 8.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 4.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 8.9 | 1.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.5 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 46 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 15.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 67 | 10.7 | 9.710 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
May in nearby cities
- Sukrah in MayTunisia · 55 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Tunis in MayTunisia · 57 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 24 mm rain
- La Marsa in MayTunisia · 60 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in MayTunisia · 62 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 24 mm rain
- El Mourouj in MayTunisia · 69 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Hammamet in MayTunisia · 118 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Nabeul in MayTunisia · 119 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Sousse in MayTunisia · 175 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 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 Bizerte) is explained once on the Bizerte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.