Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In December its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Kairouan, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks joint 5th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 16.5°C; Kairouan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 27 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Msaken in DecemberTunisia · 44 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Sousse in DecemberTunisia · 51 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Monastir in DecemberTunisia · 67 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Hammamet in DecemberTunisia · 93 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 11.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Nabeul in DecemberTunisia · 104 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 mm rain
- El Mourouj in DecemberTunisia · 116 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in DecemberTunisia · 118 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in DecemberTunisia · 120 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 37 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.