Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kairouan, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 25.7°C; Kairouan is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 7.1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Msaken in MayTunisia · 44 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Sousse in MayTunisia · 51 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Monastir in MayTunisia · 67 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Hammamet in MayTunisia · 93 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Nabeul in MayTunisia · 104 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 15 mm rain
- El Mourouj in MayTunisia · 116 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in MayTunisia · 118 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in MayTunisia · 120 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 24 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.