Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, 2.9°C cooler than Gafsa, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 25.7°C; Gafsa is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.9 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Feriana in MayTunisia · 61 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MayAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kasserine in MayTunisia · 83 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Tébessa in MayAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Gabès in MayTunisia · 135 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kairouan in MayTunisia · 184 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Sfax in MayTunisia · 184 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 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.