Ajim climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ajim?

Ajim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 136 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ajim?

The hottest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1960, reaching 47.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ajim?

The coldest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at 0.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ajim?

Almost never: Ajim sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Ajim warmed?

Yes: Ajim warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Ajim?

The wettest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1984, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ajim?

The windiest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 69.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ajim?

The warmest month in Ajim is August (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ajim?

Ajim receives on average 136 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 27 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ajim?

Ajim gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ajim (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 136 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (29.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Ajim averages 0 frost days, 101 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 27 rainy days per year.

Ajim has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.6 °C (on 2 July 1960) and the coldest 0.9 °C (on 5 January 1942).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AjimMedenine Governorate

coords: 33.73°, 10.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

136mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

25.0km/h

Seasonal range

15.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

101 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

27 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

39.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

134 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

47.6 °C

2 July 1960

Coldest day

0.9 °C

5 January 1942

Wettest day

72 mm

29 October 1984

Windiest day

69.6 km/h

12 December 1967

Strongest gust

101.9 km/h

11 January 2003

Hottest feels-like

48.3 °C

7 July 1996

Coldest feels-like

-4.8 °C

4 January 1941

Sunniest day

13.5 h

22 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	45.1 °C25 July 2025	9.0 °C15 January 2025	22.7 °C	121 mm	134
2024	44.4 °C1 July 2024	8.0 °C10 January 2024	23.1 °C	96 mm	136
2023	47.6 °C25 July 2023	4.9 °C24 January 2023	22.6 °C	138 mm	131
2022	45.6 °C18 August 2022	6.2 °C20 January 2022	22.9 °C	43 mm	143
2021	45.5 °C29 June 2021	6.7 °C5 January 2021	22.6 °C	43 mm	128
2020	45.4 °C19 June 2020	7.2 °C16 January 2020	22.2 °C	105 mm	114
2019	44.3 °C8 August 2019	7.3 °C26 February 2019	21.8 °C	180 mm	123
2018	44.0 °C14 July 2018	6.9 °C28 December 2018	22.1 °C	110 mm	113
2017	44.3 °C28 June 2017	5.0 °C19 January 2017	21.6 °C	194 mm	102
2016	45.8 °C16 June 2016	7.5 °C28 January 2016	22.4 °C	69 mm	128
2015	42.1 °C13 June 2015	6.6 °C8 January 2015	21.7 °C	116 mm	115
2014	42.4 °C13 August 2014	6.9 °C31 December 2014	22.3 °C	90 mm	124
2013	41.2 °C26 August 2013	6.1 °C27 February 2013	22.0 °C	76 mm	121
2012	45.4 °C12 July 2012	5.7 °C8 February 2012	22.1 °C	123 mm	137
2011	45.1 °C18 July 2011	7.3 °C23 January 2011	21.5 °C	108 mm	106
2010	42.4 °C14 August 2010	5.2 °C4 February 2010	22.2 °C	125 mm	116
2009	41.0 °C25 July 2009	6.8 °C21 December 2009	21.9 °C	128 mm	113
2008	41.5 °C13 July 2008	7.2 °C19 February 2008	21.9 °C	66 mm	114
2007	44.5 °C22 August 2007	5.9 °C18 December 2007	21.9 °C	218 mm	108
2006	43.5 °C23 June 2006	5.6 °C17 January 2006	21.9 °C	167 mm	126
2005	43.8 °C2 August 2005	5.6 °C27 January 2005	21.3 °C	150 mm	102
2004	41.6 °C10 August 2004	6.8 °C2 February 2004	21.7 °C	113 mm	113
2003	45.5 °C30 June 2003	5.6 °C8 February 2003	22.1 °C	207 mm	124
2002	44.9 °C24 July 2002	6.6 °C7 January 2002	21.9 °C	111 mm	121
2001	44.2 °C20 August 2001	6.9 °C11 January 2001	22.2 °C	51 mm	128
2000	45.0 °C18 July 2000	6.4 °C10 January 2000	21.8 °C	55 mm	112
1999	45.9 °C8 August 1999	4.1 °C1 February 1999	22.0 °C	125 mm	136
1998	44.3 °C3 July 1998	6.4 °C24 December 1998	21.3 °C	139 mm	111
1997	45.7 °C13 June 1997	7.9 °C30 December 1997	21.4 °C	221 mm	100
1996	45.8 °C7 July 1996	4.8 °C28 December 1996	21.1 °C	125 mm	87
1995	44.7 °C27 June 1995	5.8 °C18 January 1995	21.0 °C	273 mm	93
1994	43.3 °C16 August 1994	5.7 °C3 February 1994	21.7 °C	90 mm	125
1993	45.1 °C6 July 1993	7.2 °C23 January 1993	21.0 °C	80 mm	98
1992	41.0 °C29 August 1992	5.5 °C4 January 1992	20.7 °C	128 mm	96
1991	40.9 °C24 July 1991	5.7 °C16 February 1991	20.4 °C	86 mm	93
1990	40.0 °C26 September 1990	6.2 °C8 December 1990	21.4 °C	182 mm	126
1989	44.2 °C7 August 1989	7.5 °C9 February 1989	21.3 °C	67 mm	102
1988	41.8 °C2 September 1988	6.5 °C16 February 1988	21.3 °C	90 mm	105
1987	42.6 °C13 June 1987	6.4 °C10 January 1987	21.0 °C	122 mm	106
1986	40.1 °C24 August 1986	5.9 °C3 February 1986	20.8 °C	145 mm	92
1985	41.6 °C15 June 1985	4.8 °C11 January 1985	20.9 °C	135 mm	99
1984	43.2 °C26 July 1984	6.0 °C17 February 1984	20.2 °C	235 mm	90
1983	43.0 °C30 August 1983	5.8 °C24 January 1983	20.7 °C	124 mm	97
1982	44.4 °C26 June 1982	6.1 °C25 December 1982	21.1 °C	161 mm	110
1981	42.2 °C3 July 1981	4.2 °C9 January 1981	20.6 °C	58 mm	89
1980	45.1 °C9 July 1980	4.6 °C15 December 1980	19.9 °C	177 mm	76
1979	44.3 °C6 August 1979	4.7 °C17 January 1979	20.5 °C	155 mm	86
1978	42.2 °C15 July 1978	7.1 °C15 January 1978	20.2 °C	152 mm	62
1977	43.4 °C21 August 1977	6.9 °C19 January 1977	20.8 °C	144 mm	63
1976	41.8 °C16 August 1976	4.9 °C17 February 1976	19.7 °C	320 mm	74
1975	39.0 °C30 June 1975	5.6 °C11 January 1975	20.1 °C	254 mm	88
1974	40.6 °C3 September 1974	6.6 °C4 January 1974	20.1 °C	180 mm	86
1973	43.0 °C7 June 1973	6.2 °C1 March 1973	20.2 °C	171 mm	108
1972	41.0 °C7 July 1972	4.5 °C16 January 1972	19.9 °C	204 mm	66
1971	42.0 °C4 August 1971	5.0 °C3 March 1971	20.1 °C	136 mm	85
1970	40.7 °C22 July 1970	5.0 °C18 February 1970	20.5 °C	65 mm	88
1969	41.4 °C24 August 1969	5.1 °C12 February 1969	20.1 °C	262 mm	58
1968	44.6 °C2 August 1968	5.9 °C15 January 1968	20.6 °C	120 mm	79
1967	42.0 °C9 August 1967	4.7 °C29 January 1967	20.2 °C	131 mm	86
1966	44.7 °C27 August 1966	4.6 °C9 January 1966	20.7 °C	116 mm	89
1965	45.7 °C1 August 1965	5.1 °C11 February 1965	20.1 °C	125 mm	74
1964	43.0 °C18 August 1964	4.5 °C30 December 1964	20.2 °C	213 mm	100
1963	38.2 °C17 September 1963	4.8 °C24 January 1963	20.4 °C	86 mm	76
1962	45.3 °C12 July 1962	4.4 °C31 January 1962	20.4 °C	108 mm	84
1961	42.2 °C13 July 1961	5.8 °C6 January 1961	20.5 °C	84 mm	80
1960	47.6 °C2 July 1960	4.7 °C16 January 1960	20.6 °C	87 mm	80
1959	41.7 °C31 July 1959	5.3 °C20 January 1959	20.0 °C	115 mm	82
1958	41.9 °C22 August 1958	4.5 °C25 January 1958	20.1 °C	141 mm	74
1957	44.2 °C24 June 1957	2.5 °C19 January 1957	19.8 °C	174 mm	67
1956	45.7 °C21 July 1956	1.7 °C9 February 1956	19.4 °C	129 mm	80
1955	46.3 °C2 August 1955	6.9 °C29 November 1955	20.8 °C	61 mm	80
1954	45.7 °C30 June 1954	4.5 °C2 January 1954	19.4 °C	161 mm	66
1953	40.9 °C29 June 1953	3.0 °C16 January 1953	19.8 °C	202 mm	88
1952	42.2 °C26 July 1952	4.6 °C11 February 1952	20.8 °C	69 mm	124
1951	40.5 °C7 August 1951	5.0 °C8 January 1951	19.9 °C	221 mm	86
1950	40.1 °C20 June 1950	4.8 °C10 January 1950	20.1 °C	129 mm	111
1949	39.6 °C14 September 1949	5.2 °C10 February 1949	19.7 °C	202 mm	89
1948	41.4 °C5 July 1948	4.9 °C16 January 1948	20.0 °C	141 mm	86
1947	41.5 °C19 July 1947	4.9 °C26 December 1947	21.0 °C	52 mm	118
1946	41.8 °C18 August 1946	4.2 °C25 December 1946	20.6 °C	116 mm	114
1945	46.8 °C19 August 1945	3.6 °C31 January 1945	20.1 °C	106 mm	109
1944	43.1 °C22 July 1944	2.3 °C10 January 1944	19.6 °C	68 mm	99
1943	42.9 °C6 July 1943	5.7 °C1 February 1943	20.2 °C	334 mm	108
1942	41.0 °C27 May 1942	0.9 °C5 January 1942	19.8 °C	163 mm	100
1941	45.5 °C4 August 1941	2.7 °C6 January 1941	19.5 °C	105 mm	93
1940	45.2 °C16 July 1940	3.2 °C1 January 1940	19.6 °C	97 mm	97

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

134 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

121 mm

-15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.9 °C	+2.3 °C	27 mm	+11 mm
Feb	19.1 °C	+1.0 °C	14 mm	-1 mm
Mar	24.0 °C	+3.5 °C	34 mm	+18 mm
Apr	24.4 °C	+1.2 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
May	28.0 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	+0 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	35.8 °C	+2.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	34.3 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+1.6 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Nov	23.3 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	-9 mm
Dec	19.0 °C	+1.2 °C	19 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.1 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

9.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

18.2 mm

25 Mar 2025

Windiest day

42.0 km/h

5 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ajim?

Ajim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 136 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ajim?

The hottest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1960, reaching 47.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ajim?

The coldest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at 0.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ajim?

Almost never: Ajim sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Ajim warmed?

Yes: Ajim warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Ajim?

The wettest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1984, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ajim?

The windiest day measured in Ajim between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 69.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ajim?

The warmest month in Ajim is August (29.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Ajim?

Ajim receives on average 136 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 27 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ajim?

Ajim gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ajim?

Yes: Ajim has on average 134 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ajim?

In Ajim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.3 °C on 7 July 1996, and the lowest was -4.8 °C on 4 January 1941.

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