Climate averages 1991–2020
Sfax weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Sfax: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakiet ed Daier (7 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Sfax, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Tunisia, Sfax ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 25.6°C; Sfax is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 20 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sakiet ed Daier in OctoberTunisia · 7 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Houmt Souk in OctoberTunisia · 97 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Msaken in OctoberTunisia · 111 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Gabès in OctoberTunisia · 113 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Monastir in OctoberTunisia · 116 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Kairouan in OctoberTunisia · 120 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Sousse in OctoberTunisia · 121 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Zarzis in OctoberTunisia · 141 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 25 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.