Climate averages 1991–2020
Gafsa weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Gafsa: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (61 km away). In September its highs average 28.7°C, 3.1°C cooler than Gafsa, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Gafsa ranks joint 1st of 22 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 29.5°C; Gafsa is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Feriana in SeptemberTunisia · 61 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in SeptemberAlgeria · 75 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kasserine in SeptemberTunisia · 83 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Tébessa in SeptemberAlgeria · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Gabès in SeptemberTunisia · 135 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Kairouan in SeptemberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Sfax in SeptemberTunisia · 184 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Khenchela in SeptemberAlgeria · 187 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 31 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.