Climate averages 1991–2020
Gabès weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Gabès: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Medenine (70 km away). In March its highs average 21.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gabès, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gabès ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 18.9°C; Gabès is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Medenine in MarchTunisia · 70 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in MarchTunisia · 70 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Zarzis in MarchTunisia · 103 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Sfax in MarchTunisia · 113 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in MarchTunisia · 121 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in MarchTunisia · 133 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Gafsa in MarchTunisia · 135 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Feriana in MarchTunisia · 184 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 25 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.