Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabès weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gabès: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medenine (70 km away). In July its highs average 34.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Gabès, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gabès ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest July highs and joint 3rd of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 32.9°C; Gabès is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Medenine in JulyTunisia · 70 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in JulyTunisia · 70 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zarzis in JulyTunisia · 103 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Sfax in JulyTunisia · 113 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in JulyTunisia · 121 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in JulyTunisia · 133 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Gafsa in JulyTunisia · 135 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Feriana in JulyTunisia · 184 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 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.