Climate averages 1991–2020
Hammamet weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Hammamet: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabeul (12 km away). In December its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Hammamet, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Hammamet ranks joint 13th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 16th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 16.5°C; Hammamet is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nabeul in DecemberTunisia · 12 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 mm rain
- El Mourouj in DecemberTunisia · 50 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 46 mm rain
- La Marsa in DecemberTunisia · 59 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in DecemberTunisia · 60 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Tunis in DecemberTunisia · 62 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Sukrah in DecemberTunisia · 63 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Sousse in DecemberTunisia · 64 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Monastir in DecemberTunisia · 72 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 33 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.