Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In July its highs average 34.9°C, 2.2°C cooler than Gafsa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest July highs and joint 18th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 32.9°C; Gafsa is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 5.9 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Feriana in JulyTunisia · 61 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in JulyAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Kasserine in JulyTunisia · 83 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Tébessa in JulyAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Gabès in JulyTunisia · 135 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kairouan in JulyTunisia · 184 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Sfax in JulyTunisia · 184 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Khenchela in JulyAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 10 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.