Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Gafsa, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 25.6°C; Gafsa is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Feriana in OctoberTunisia · 61 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in OctoberAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Kasserine in OctoberTunisia · 83 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Tébessa in OctoberAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Gabès in OctoberTunisia · 135 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Kairouan in OctoberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Sfax in OctoberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Khenchela in OctoberAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 30 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.