Douz climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Douz?

Douz has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 84 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 48.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Douz?

The coldest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -6.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Douz?

Almost never: Douz sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Douz warmed?

Yes: Douz warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Douz?

The wettest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1957, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Douz?

The windiest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 75.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Douz?

The warmest month in Douz is July (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Douz?

Douz receives on average 84 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Douz?

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

Douz (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 84 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 July (31.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Douz averages 2 frost days, 149 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 17 rainy days per year.

Douz has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 7 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.9 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -6.3 °C (on 3 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

DouzKebili Governorate

coords: 33.47°, 9.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

84mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

51%

Average peak wind

23.2km/h

Seasonal range

21.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

149 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

17 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.1 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

36.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

123 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

48.9 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-6.3 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

40 mm

22 April 1957

Windiest day

75.2 km/h

26 March 1963

Strongest gust

113.4 km/h

26 March 1963

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

9 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-11.2 °C

5 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.2 h

12 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	46.0 °C22 July 2025	2.4 °C16 January 2025	22.8 °C	88 mm	175	0
2024	48.2 °C1 July 2024	3.5 °C9 January 2024	23.4 °C	69 mm	174	0
2023	48.9 °C29 July 2023	-1.1 °C24 January 2023	22.7 °C	54 mm	175	1
2022	47.3 °C1 July 2022	1.2 °C20 January 2022	23.0 °C	39 mm	163	0
2021	47.8 °C4 July 2021	0.3 °C4 January 2021	23.1 °C	31 mm	164	0
2020	45.5 °C19 June 2020	1.7 °C5 January 2020	22.7 °C	53 mm	165	0
2019	47.9 °C14 July 2019	1.9 °C12 January 2019	22.3 °C	63 mm	158	0
2018	48.6 °C5 July 2018	2.4 °C29 December 2018	22.4 °C	63 mm	160	0
2017	46.5 °C24 July 2017	1.2 °C19 January 2017	21.8 °C	104 mm	155	0
2016	45.7 °C15 June 2016	2.6 °C18 January 2016	22.8 °C	54 mm	183	0
2015	44.8 °C1 August 2015	-0.5 °C3 January 2015	22.0 °C	63 mm	163	1
2014	46.1 °C7 July 2014	2.6 °C22 January 2014	22.7 °C	65 mm	170	0
2013	46.1 °C21 July 2013	2.3 °C26 February 2013	22.3 °C	44 mm	180	0
2012	46.4 °C12 July 2012	0.4 °C8 February 2012	22.4 °C	83 mm	178	0
2011	47.5 °C22 July 2011	1.5 °C1 January 2011	21.7 °C	75 mm	144	0
2010	47.1 °C23 July 2010	1.0 °C3 February 2010	22.5 °C	84 mm	163	0
2009	45.6 °C7 July 2009	4.0 °C18 February 2009	21.9 °C	130 mm	148	0
2008	47.0 °C12 July 2008	2.8 °C12 February 2008	22.1 °C	44 mm	163	0
2007	46.6 °C18 June 2007	-0.4 °C18 December 2007	22.0 °C	141 mm	157	1
2006	46.6 °C28 June 2006	-0.2 °C7 January 2006	22.0 °C	101 mm	164	1
2005	47.8 °C26 July 2005	-0.5 °C27 January 2005	21.9 °C	62 mm	161	1
2004	45.7 °C10 August 2004	1.3 °C28 December 2004	21.8 °C	95 mm	162	0
2003	45.9 °C2 July 2003	1.5 °C8 February 2003	22.2 °C	145 mm	163	0
2002	45.9 °C24 July 2002	0.6 °C7 January 2002	22.2 °C	55 mm	161	0
2001	47.0 °C19 July 2001	1.0 °C11 January 2001	22.7 °C	22 mm	177	0
2000	46.1 °C18 July 2000	1.2 °C8 January 2000	22.0 °C	24 mm	164	0
1999	46.6 °C9 August 1999	-0.6 °C2 February 1999	22.8 °C	79 mm	181	1
1998	45.5 °C1 July 1998	1.0 °C24 December 1998	21.5 °C	95 mm	152	0
1997	47.5 °C24 July 1997	3.1 °C8 January 1997	21.9 °C	71 mm	150	0
1996	47.5 °C7 July 1996	1.3 °C28 December 1996	21.3 °C	74 mm	144	0
1995	46.2 °C26 June 1995	0.2 °C17 January 1995	21.2 °C	110 mm	138	0
1994	45.2 °C18 August 1994	1.1 °C3 February 1994	22.0 °C	80 mm	148	0
1993	47.1 °C22 June 1993	1.3 °C5 January 1993	21.3 °C	53 mm	165	0
1992	42.8 °C6 July 1992	0.9 °C1 January 1992	20.6 °C	112 mm	158	0
1991	46.3 °C31 July 1991	1.5 °C27 December 1991	20.4 °C	60 mm	131	0
1990	42.6 °C20 June 1990	1.9 °C19 December 1990	21.7 °C	198 mm	161	0
1989	44.7 °C6 August 1989	1.4 °C5 January 1989	21.7 °C	26 mm	143	0
1988	48.8 °C5 July 1988	2.4 °C11 January 1988	21.7 °C	79 mm	157	0
1987	47.5 °C14 June 1987	1.1 °C21 January 1987	21.6 °C	55 mm	157	0
1986	43.5 °C13 July 1986	0.8 °C13 February 1986	21.2 °C	98 mm	150	0
1985	45.7 °C19 June 1985	0.1 °C10 January 1985	21.3 °C	65 mm	147	0
1984	44.1 °C24 August 1984	1.2 °C19 January 1984	20.5 °C	95 mm	140	0
1983	45.2 °C9 August 1983	0.8 °C25 January 1983	21.1 °C	44 mm	152	0
1982	45.4 °C23 June 1982	2.3 °C25 December 1982	21.3 °C	99 mm	150	0
1981	47.5 °C3 July 1981	-1.2 °C30 January 1981	21.0 °C	56 mm	170	1
1980	46.0 °C9 July 1980	-1.7 °C15 December 1980	19.9 °C	164 mm	134	2
1979	44.8 °C6 August 1979	2.2 °C24 December 1979	20.6 °C	89 mm	140	0
1978	46.0 °C20 June 1978	0.4 °C15 January 1978	20.2 °C	121 mm	124	0
1977	45.7 °C8 July 1977	2.0 °C21 December 1977	21.1 °C	82 mm	137	0
1976	42.6 °C16 August 1976	1.0 °C30 January 1976	19.5 °C	214 mm	125	0
1975	43.1 °C30 June 1975	0.5 °C4 December 1975	20.3 °C	106 mm	139	0
1974	45.1 °C26 June 1974	1.1 °C25 December 1974	20.0 °C	104 mm	135	0
1973	45.9 °C22 July 1973	1.6 °C1 March 1973	20.6 °C	177 mm	158	0
1972	45.9 °C2 August 1972	1.2 °C16 January 1972	20.0 °C	130 mm	123	0
1971	44.3 °C19 July 1971	-0.1 °C3 March 1971	20.3 °C	71 mm	138	1
1970	45.2 °C9 August 1970	0.7 °C18 February 1970	20.6 °C	71 mm	140	0
1969	42.2 °C24 August 1969	0.3 °C12 December 1969	20.2 °C	160 mm	128	0
1968	45.7 °C11 August 1968	2.1 °C15 January 1968	20.6 °C	70 mm	132	0
1967	43.6 °C8 July 1967	-0.9 °C18 January 1967	20.3 °C	52 mm	132	2
1966	44.6 °C13 June 1966	-0.4 °C8 January 1966	20.6 °C	71 mm	133	1
1965	46.5 °C1 August 1965	-0.5 °C11 February 1965	20.2 °C	84 mm	125	1
1964	44.4 °C23 August 1964	-0.4 °C30 December 1964	20.2 °C	102 mm	149	1
1963	42.7 °C3 July 1963	-0.7 °C26 January 1963	20.1 °C	117 mm	118	3
1962	45.3 °C12 July 1962	-0.2 °C1 February 1962	20.1 °C	64 mm	133	1
1961	42.3 °C22 July 1961	0.5 °C8 January 1961	20.4 °C	30 mm	144	0
1960	47.0 °C2 July 1960	-0.2 °C19 January 1960	20.5 °C	77 mm	135	1
1959	45.0 °C5 August 1959	-0.4 °C20 January 1959	20.0 °C	44 mm	132	1
1958	44.0 °C26 June 1958	-0.7 °C25 January 1958	20.2 °C	141 mm	137	1
1957	44.2 °C24 June 1957	-2.6 °C19 January 1957	19.5 °C	180 mm	118	6
1956	44.9 °C21 July 1956	-2.5 °C22 February 1956	19.1 °C	59 mm	131	7
1955	45.0 °C27 July 1955	1.3 °C29 November 1955	20.7 °C	58 mm	135	0
1954	45.2 °C29 June 1954	-0.4 °C12 January 1954	19.3 °C	66 mm	131	5
1953	42.7 °C29 June 1953	-2.3 °C23 January 1953	19.5 °C	127 mm	145	12
1952	44.0 °C16 June 1952	-1.0 °C11 January 1952	20.7 °C	69 mm	149	4
1951	44.3 °C26 June 1951	-1.4 °C16 December 1951	19.7 °C	72 mm	139	6
1950	42.7 °C21 June 1950	-1.0 °C19 December 1950	19.9 °C	52 mm	147	3
1949	43.0 °C16 June 1949	-1.5 °C6 February 1949	19.7 °C	125 mm	144	4
1948	42.1 °C9 August 1948	-1.3 °C20 December 1948	20.0 °C	49 mm	146	1
1947	43.3 °C19 July 1947	-2.7 °C26 December 1947	20.8 °C	44 mm	151	12
1946	43.0 °C11 August 1946	-1.3 °C23 December 1946	20.5 °C	26 mm	156	7
1945	47.1 °C8 August 1945	-3.1 °C18 December 1945	19.9 °C	43 mm	147	14
1944	44.3 °C9 August 1944	-4.4 °C10 January 1944	19.3 °C	39 mm	147	12
1943	44.6 °C26 July 1943	0.1 °C1 February 1943	19.8 °C	251 mm	139	0
1942	44.1 °C18 June 1942	-6.3 °C3 January 1942	19.9 °C	101 mm	158	18
1941	45.9 °C3 August 1941	-5.7 °C6 January 1941	19.4 °C	46 mm	135	23
1940	44.3 °C16 July 1940	-3.9 °C30 December 1940	19.4 °C	32 mm	148	24

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

175 d/yr

+26

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

88 mm

+4 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.6 °C	+2.8 °C	8 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.9 °C	+0.7 °C	23 mm	+15 mm
Mar	25.8 °C	+3.9 °C	10 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
May	31.9 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Jun	37.5 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	40.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	38.8 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Sep	35.2 °C	+1.3 °C	2 mm	-3 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+1.6 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Nov	22.6 °C	+1.2 °C	7 mm	-3 mm
Dec	17.7 °C	+1.2 °C	28 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.0 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

21.4 mm

7 Feb 2025

Windiest day

47.2 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

23 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.6 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

1 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Douz?

Douz has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 84 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Douz?

The hottest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 48.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Douz?

The coldest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -6.3 °C.

Does it snow in Douz?

Almost never: Douz sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Douz warmed?

Yes: Douz warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Douz?

The wettest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1957, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Douz?

The windiest day measured in Douz between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 75.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Douz?

The warmest month in Douz is July (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Douz?

Douz receives on average 84 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 17 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Douz?

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

Are there tropical nights in Douz?

Yes: Douz has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Douz?

In Douz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 9 July 2023, and the lowest was -11.2 °C on 5 January 1942.

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