Climate averages 1991–2020
Kairouan weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kairouan: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Msaken (44 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Kairouan, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kairouan ranks 4th of 22 for the warmest September highs and joint 11th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 29.5°C; Kairouan is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Msaken in SeptemberTunisia · 44 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Sousse in SeptemberTunisia · 51 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Monastir in SeptemberTunisia · 67 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Hammamet in SeptemberTunisia · 93 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Nabeul in SeptemberTunisia · 104 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 41 mm rain
- El Mourouj in SeptemberTunisia · 116 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in SeptemberTunisia · 118 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in SeptemberTunisia · 120 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 34 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.