Climate averages 1991–2020
Nabeul weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Nabeul: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammamet (12 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Nabeul, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Nabeul ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 25.7°C; Nabeul is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 6.7 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
Nabeul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 44 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 38 | 7.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 41 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 30 | 5.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 5.0 | 1.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 41 | 4.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 53 | 7.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 49 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 16.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 46 | 7.2 | 9.710 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
- Hammamet in MayTunisia · 12 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- El Mourouj in MayTunisia · 55 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 24 mm rain
- La Marsa in MayTunisia · 60 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sukrah in MayTunisia · 64 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Sīdī Ḥusayn in MayTunisia · 65 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Tunis in MayTunisia · 65 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sousse in MayTunisia · 71 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Monastir in MayTunisia · 76 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 15 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 Nabeul) is explained once on the Nabeul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.