Climate averages 1991–2020
Msaken weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest 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 Msaken: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sousse (12 km away). In October its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Msaken, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Msaken ranks joint 4th 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; Msaken is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 27 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
Msaken climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 17.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 37 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 25 | 5.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 17 | 3.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 7.0 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.9 | 1.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 41 | 5.3 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 39 | 6.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 4.6 | 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
- Sousse in OctoberTunisia · 12 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Monastir in OctoberTunisia · 23 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Kairouan in OctoberTunisia · 44 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Hammamet in OctoberTunisia · 75 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Nabeul in OctoberTunisia · 82 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Sakiet ed Daier in OctoberTunisia · 106 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sfax in OctoberTunisia · 111 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 24 mm rain
- El Mourouj in OctoberTunisia · 114 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 46 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 Msaken) is explained once on the Msaken year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.