Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Gafsa: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In April its highs average 21.3°C, 3.1°C cooler than Gafsa, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 6th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 21.8°C; Gafsa is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 8.9 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
Gafsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 14 | 2.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 11 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 15 | 2.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.9 | 2.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 34.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 3.7 | 1.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 37.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.9 | 1.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 18 | 2.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 11 | 2.3 | 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
- Feriana in AprilTunisia · 61 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AprilAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kasserine in AprilTunisia · 83 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Tébessa in AprilAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Gabès in AprilTunisia · 135 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Kairouan in AprilTunisia · 184 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Sfax in AprilTunisia · 184 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Khenchela in AprilAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.0°C · 43 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 Gafsa) is explained once on the Gafsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.