Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In August its highs average 35.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kairouan, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Kairouan is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 37 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
Kairouan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 27 | 3.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 17.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 22 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 34 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 25 | 4.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 33.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| July | 36.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 36.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 37 | 5.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 39 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 25 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 17.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 22 | 3.8 | 9.810 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
- Msaken in AugustTunisia · 44 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Sousse in AugustTunisia · 51 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Monastir in AugustTunisia · 67 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Hammamet in AugustTunisia · 93 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Nabeul in AugustTunisia · 104 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 5.0 mm rain
- El Mourouj in AugustTunisia · 116 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in AugustTunisia · 118 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in AugustTunisia · 120 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.0 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 Kairouan) is explained once on the Kairouan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.