Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, 2.0°C cooler than Gafsa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 16.5°C; Gafsa is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 14 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Feriana in DecemberTunisia · 61 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in DecemberAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Kasserine in DecemberTunisia · 83 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Tébessa in DecemberAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Gabès in DecemberTunisia · 135 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Kairouan in DecemberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Sfax in DecemberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Khenchela in DecemberAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 28 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.