Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasserine weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kasserine: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (35 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kasserine, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kasserine ranks joint 4th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.2°C; Kasserine is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Kasserine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 23 | 4.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 32 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 19 | 4.2 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 10 | 3.6 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 35.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 21 | 5.7 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 40 | 7.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 28 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 25 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 19 | 3.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Feriana in AugustTunisia · 35 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Tébessa in AugustAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Gafsa in AugustTunisia · 83 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in AugustAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Kairouan in AugustTunisia · 127 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in AugustAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in AugustAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Khenchela in AugustAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 18 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 Kasserine) is explained once on the Kasserine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.