Bizerte climate — normals and trends
Bizerte (Tunisia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 523 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bizerte averages 0 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Bizerte has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest 2.0 °C (on 2 February 1956).
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
BizerteBizerte Governorate
- coords
- 37.27°, 9.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.4°C
Average daily high
21.3°C
Average daily low
15.7°C
Annual rainfall
523mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
14.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001
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
43.1 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
2.0 °C
2 February 1956
Wettest day
114 mm
24 October 2021
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
26 March 1983
Strongest gust
115.9 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
46.3 °C
24 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-4.9 °C
18 January 1940
Snowiest day
1.1 cm
2 February 1956
Sunniest day
14.1 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 87 mm | +17 mm |
| Feb | 16.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 46 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 60 mm | +32 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 30.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 28.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 48 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 24.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 27 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 19.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 74 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 17.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 60 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bizerte?
Bizerte has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C and it receives 523 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bizerte?
The hottest day measured in Bizerte between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bizerte?
The coldest day measured in Bizerte between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, at 2.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bizerte?
Almost never: Bizerte sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Bizerte warmed?
Yes: Bizerte warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bizerte?
The wettest day measured in Bizerte between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bizerte?
The windiest day measured in Bizerte between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1983, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bizerte?
The warmest month in Bizerte is August (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Bizerte?
Bizerte receives on average 523 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bizerte?
Bizerte gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bizerte?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bizerte between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1956, with 1.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bizerte?
Yes: Bizerte has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bizerte?
In Bizerte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.3 °C on 24 July 2023, and the lowest was -4.9 °C on 18 January 1940.
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