Climate averages 1991–2020
Sfax weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Sfax: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakiet ed Daier (7 km away). In July its highs average 32.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Sfax, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Sfax ranks joint 15th of 22 for the warmest July highs and joint 6th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 32.9°C; Sfax is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Sfax climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 15 | 3.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 8.1 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.414 h |
| July, selected | 31.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 32.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 4.3 | 0.9 | 13.513 h |
| September | 29.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 25 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 20 | 3.4 | 10.410 h |
| December | 17.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 20 | 3.3 | 9.910 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
July in nearby cities
- Sakiet ed Daier in JulyTunisia · 7 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in JulyTunisia · 97 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 23.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Msaken in JulyTunisia · 111 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gabès in JulyTunisia · 113 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Monastir in JulyTunisia · 116 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kairouan in JulyTunisia · 120 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Sousse in JulyTunisia · 121 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Zarzis in JulyTunisia · 141 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 0 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 Sfax) is explained once on the Sfax year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sakiet ed Daier lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.