Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In February its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Kairouan, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks 5th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 16.1°C; Kairouan is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Msaken in FebruaryTunisia · 44 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sousse in FebruaryTunisia · 51 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Monastir in FebruaryTunisia · 67 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Hammamet in FebruaryTunisia · 93 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Nabeul in FebruaryTunisia · 104 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 38 mm rain
- El Mourouj in FebruaryTunisia · 116 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in FebruaryTunisia · 118 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in FebruaryTunisia · 120 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 41 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.