Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In January its highs average 12.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Gafsa, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 15.4°C; Gafsa is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Feriana in JanuaryTunisia · 61 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in JanuaryAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Kasserine in JanuaryTunisia · 83 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Tébessa in JanuaryAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gabès in JanuaryTunisia · 135 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Kairouan in JanuaryTunisia · 184 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Sfax in JanuaryTunisia · 184 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Khenchela in JanuaryAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 33 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.