Climate averages 1991–2020
Hammamet weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Hammamet: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nabeul (12 km away). In January its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Hammamet, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Hammamet ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 15.4°C; Hammamet is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nabeul in JanuaryTunisia · 12 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 44 mm rain
- El Mourouj in JanuaryTunisia · 50 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 47 mm rain
- La Marsa in JanuaryTunisia · 59 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in JanuaryTunisia · 60 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 8.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Tunis in JanuaryTunisia · 62 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Sukrah in JanuaryTunisia · 63 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Sousse in JanuaryTunisia · 64 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Monastir in JanuaryTunisia · 72 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.3°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.