Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabès weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Gabès: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medenine (70 km away). In December its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Gabès, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gabès ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 16.5°C; Gabès is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 15.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 15 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Medenine in DecemberTunisia · 70 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in DecemberTunisia · 70 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Zarzis in DecemberTunisia · 103 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Sfax in DecemberTunisia · 113 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in DecemberTunisia · 121 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in DecemberTunisia · 133 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Gafsa in DecemberTunisia · 135 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Feriana in DecemberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°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 Gabès) is explained once on the Gabès year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.