Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasserine weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kasserine: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Feriana (35 km away). In May its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Kasserine, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Kasserine ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 25.7°C; Kasserine is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 19 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Feriana in MayTunisia · 35 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Tébessa in MayAlgeria · 70 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Gafsa in MayTunisia · 83 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Bir el Ater in MayAlgeria · 85 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kairouan in MayTunisia · 127 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Souk Ahras in MayAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Aïn Beïda in MayAlgeria · 148 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Khenchela in MayAlgeria · 157 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 37 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.