Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 36.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, 2.6°C cooler than Gafsa, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Gafsa is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.9 mm to 15 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Feriana in AugustTunisia · 61 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AugustAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Kasserine in AugustTunisia · 83 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gabès in AugustTunisia · 135 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Kairouan in AugustTunisia · 184 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Sfax in AugustTunisia · 184 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°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 Gafsa) is explained once on the Gafsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.