Climate averages 1991–2020
Medenine weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Medenine: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zarzis (59 km away). In January its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Medenine, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Medenine ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 15.4°C; Medenine is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Medenine climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 16 | 2.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 17.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 21.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 15 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 15 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 12 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.010 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
January in nearby cities
- Zarzis in JanuaryTunisia · 59 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in JanuaryTunisia · 66 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 10.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Gabès in JanuaryTunisia · 70 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Ben Gardane in JanuaryTunisia · 71 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Jumayl in JanuaryLibya · 155 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Sfax in JanuaryTunisia · 156 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 8.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in JanuaryTunisia · 162 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Ajaylat in JanuaryLibya · 187 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 26 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 Medenine) is explained once on the Medenine year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.