Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Kairouan, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 25.6°C; Kairouan is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Msaken in OctoberTunisia · 44 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Sousse in OctoberTunisia · 51 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Monastir in OctoberTunisia · 67 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Hammamet in OctoberTunisia · 93 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Nabeul in OctoberTunisia · 104 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 53 mm rain
- El Mourouj in OctoberTunisia · 116 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in OctoberTunisia · 118 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in OctoberTunisia · 120 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 38 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.