Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabès weather
in April.
A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Gabès: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medenine (70 km away). In April its highs average 24.8°C, 2.0°C warmer than Gabès, with 9.6 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gabès ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 21.8°C; Gabès is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 5.5 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gabès climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 15 | 2.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 12 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| July | 32.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 18 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 19 | 3.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 2.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 15 | 3.1 | 9.910 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
April in nearby cities
- Medenine in AprilTunisia · 70 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in AprilTunisia · 70 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Zarzis in AprilTunisia · 103 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Sfax in AprilTunisia · 113 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in AprilTunisia · 121 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in AprilTunisia · 133 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Gafsa in AprilTunisia · 135 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Feriana in AprilTunisia · 184 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 26 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 Gabès) is explained once on the Gabès year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.