El Kef climate — normals and trends
El Kef (Tunisia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 365 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
El Kef averages 5 frost days, 99 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 74 rainy days per year.
El Kef has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 10 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.2 °C (on 10 August 2021) and the coldest -6.1 °C (on 31 December 1940).
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
El KefKef Governorate
- coords
- 36.17°, 8.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
23.5°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
365mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
99 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
74 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.5 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
41 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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
46.2 °C
10 August 2021
Coldest day
-6.1 °C
31 December 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
11 January 2003
Windiest day
41.5 km/h
1 March 1958
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
9 February 1984
Hottest feels-like
47.3 °C
8 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-10.6 °C
31 December 1940
Snowiest day
10.2 cm
31 December 2014
Sunniest day
13.8 h
23 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 55 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 16.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 20.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 66 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | +16 mm |
| Jun | 34.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 36.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 9 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 34.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 40 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 16 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 20.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 16.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Kef?
El Kef has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Kef?
The hottest day measured in El Kef between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2021, reaching 46.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Kef?
The coldest day measured in El Kef between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1940, at -6.1 °C.
Does it snow in El Kef?
Yes. El Kef gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of El Kef warmed?
Yes: El Kef warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Kef?
The wettest day measured in El Kef between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2003, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Kef?
The windiest day measured in El Kef between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1958, with winds reaching 41.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Kef?
The warmest month in El Kef is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in El Kef?
El Kef receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 74 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Kef?
El Kef gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in El Kef?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in El Kef between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 2014, with 10.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in El Kef?
Yes: El Kef has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Kef?
In El Kef, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.3 °C on 8 July 2023, and the lowest was -10.6 °C on 31 December 1940.
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