Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabès weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gabès: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medenine (70 km away). In August its highs average 34.9°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gabès, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gabès ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Gabès is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 18 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Medenine in AugustTunisia · 70 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in AugustTunisia · 70 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Zarzis in AugustTunisia · 103 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Sfax in AugustTunisia · 113 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in AugustTunisia · 121 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in AugustTunisia · 133 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Gafsa in AugustTunisia · 135 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Feriana in AugustTunisia · 184 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 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.