Climate averages 1991–2020
Hammamet weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hammamet: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabeul (12 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Hammamet, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Hammamet ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Hammamet is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.1 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Hammamet climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 38 | 7.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 42 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 7.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 3.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 9.7 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 8.1 | 1.7 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 42 | 5.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 50 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 39 | 6.8 | 9.710 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
August in nearby cities
- Nabeul in AugustTunisia · 12 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 5.0 mm rain
- El Mourouj in AugustTunisia · 50 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- La Marsa in AugustTunisia · 59 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in AugustTunisia · 60 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Tunis in AugustTunisia · 62 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Sukrah in AugustTunisia · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Sousse in AugustTunisia · 64 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Monastir in AugustTunisia · 72 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 9.4 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 Hammamet) is explained once on the Hammamet year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.