El Mgarsa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of El Mgarsa?

El Mgarsa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 167 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Mgarsa?

The hottest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 42.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in El Mgarsa?

The coldest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at 4.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in El Mgarsa?

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

Q: Has the climate of El Mgarsa warmed?

Yes: El Mgarsa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in El Mgarsa?

The wettest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2017, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in El Mgarsa?

The windiest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 2005, with winds reaching 71.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in El Mgarsa?

The warmest month in El Mgarsa is August (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in El Mgarsa?

El Mgarsa receives on average 167 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in El Mgarsa?

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

El Mgarsa (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 167 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 (28.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

El Mgarsa averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 30 rainy days per year.

El Mgarsa has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest 4.5 °C (on 9 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

El MgarsaMedenine Governorate

coords: 33.82°, 10.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

23.1°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

167mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

26.9km/h

Seasonal range

14.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

30 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.8 °C

Average peak gust

39.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

149 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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

42.7 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest day

4.5 °C

9 February 1956

Wettest day

68 mm

11 November 2017

Windiest day

71.2 km/h

14 December 2005

Strongest gust

108.4 km/h

14 December 2005

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-4.6 °C

9 January 1981

Sunniest day

13.6 h

19 June 2006

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.2 °C25 July 2025	11.0 °C18 January 2025	22.3 °C	144 mm	82
2024	38.8 °C3 August 2024	10.6 °C10 January 2024	22.5 °C	112 mm	90
2023	42.7 °C25 July 2023	8.4 °C24 January 2023	22.2 °C	165 mm	79
2022	40.6 °C18 August 2022	9.0 °C20 January 2022	22.3 °C	54 mm	103
2021	39.7 °C31 July 2021	9.4 °C5 January 2021	22.1 °C	49 mm	92
2020	40.0 °C19 June 2020	9.3 °C28 December 2020	21.8 °C	140 mm	69
2019	39.2 °C8 August 2019	8.2 °C23 February 2019	21.3 °C	231 mm	72
2018	37.9 °C14 July 2018	9.9 °C19 January 2018	21.6 °C	149 mm	67
2017	38.9 °C28 June 2017	7.8 °C19 January 2017	21.1 °C	234 mm	61
2016	40.2 °C16 June 2016	9.7 °C17 January 2016	21.9 °C	82 mm	55
2015	36.0 °C13 June 2015	7.7 °C1 January 2015	21.3 °C	132 mm	73
2014	38.1 °C22 September 2014	7.4 °C31 December 2014	21.8 °C	130 mm	67
2013	36.6 °C26 August 2013	8.7 °C27 February 2013	21.5 °C	90 mm	58
2012	39.6 °C12 July 2012	6.5 °C5 February 2012	21.6 °C	142 mm	88
2011	39.8 °C18 July 2011	9.7 °C1 March 2011	21.2 °C	132 mm	55
2010	37.3 °C14 August 2010	8.4 °C4 February 2010	21.6 °C	130 mm	56
2009	36.8 °C25 July 2009	9.1 °C21 December 2009	21.4 °C	125 mm	59
2008	35.9 °C13 July 2008	9.0 °C19 February 2008	21.4 °C	103 mm	65
2007	40.3 °C21 August 2007	9.7 °C18 December 2007	21.5 °C	242 mm	55
2006	39.0 °C23 June 2006	8.4 °C26 January 2006	21.4 °C	202 mm	58
2005	37.8 °C2 August 2005	7.0 °C26 January 2005	20.8 °C	180 mm	53
2004	36.1 °C26 August 2004	8.7 °C28 December 2004	21.2 °C	123 mm	50
2003	40.6 °C30 June 2003	7.6 °C1 February 2003	21.7 °C	247 mm	89
2002	39.0 °C24 July 2002	9.4 °C18 January 2002	21.3 °C	138 mm	58
2001	39.2 °C20 August 2001	9.9 °C7 February 2001	21.6 °C	73 mm	65
2000	39.3 °C11 July 2000	9.2 °C6 January 2000	21.2 °C	70 mm	46
1999	40.5 °C8 August 1999	5.6 °C1 February 1999	21.5 °C	143 mm	77
1998	38.3 °C3 July 1998	9.6 °C24 January 1998	20.9 °C	157 mm	66
1997	39.4 °C13 June 1997	10.5 °C30 December 1997	21.0 °C	256 mm	48
1996	39.3 °C30 July 1996	7.2 °C28 December 1996	20.7 °C	129 mm	39
1995	40.3 °C27 June 1995	7.6 °C14 January 1995	20.6 °C	372 mm	47
1994	38.8 °C16 August 1994	8.8 °C31 January 1994	21.2 °C	96 mm	59
1993	40.5 °C6 July 1993	8.4 °C25 February 1993	20.6 °C	102 mm	49
1992	36.3 °C29 August 1992	8.5 °C30 December 1992	20.3 °C	118 mm	43
1991	35.9 °C30 September 1991	7.8 °C16 February 1991	20.1 °C	99 mm	42
1990	35.8 °C26 September 1990	9.7 °C8 December 1990	21.1 °C	242 mm	55
1989	38.7 °C7 August 1989	10.0 °C9 February 1989	20.8 °C	107 mm	42
1988	37.6 °C2 September 1988	9.0 °C26 February 1988	20.8 °C	118 mm	55
1987	36.1 °C26 July 1987	7.9 °C17 January 1987	20.6 °C	158 mm	59
1986	35.7 °C24 August 1986	8.2 °C26 December 1986	20.4 °C	212 mm	38
1985	35.9 °C29 July 1985	7.3 °C18 January 1985	20.5 °C	177 mm	37
1984	37.6 °C26 July 1984	7.6 °C17 February 1984	19.9 °C	318 mm	28
1983	38.2 °C17 September 1983	8.0 °C21 January 1983	20.3 °C	169 mm	45
1982	38.1 °C1 September 1982	7.7 °C25 December 1982	20.7 °C	199 mm	68
1981	35.3 °C3 July 1981	5.6 °C9 January 1981	20.3 °C	71 mm	29
1980	39.1 °C9 July 1980	8.5 °C16 March 1980	19.8 °C	194 mm	32
1979	38.6 °C6 August 1979	8.0 °C17 January 1979	20.3 °C	169 mm	30
1978	36.2 °C2 September 1978	8.7 °C13 February 1978	19.9 °C	196 mm	25
1977	38.4 °C21 August 1977	9.4 °C19 January 1977	20.6 °C	160 mm	25
1976	36.8 °C16 August 1976	6.8 °C28 January 1976	19.5 °C	354 mm	16
1975	34.4 °C24 July 1975	8.8 °C27 February 1975	20.0 °C	313 mm	29
1974	36.1 °C3 September 1974	9.3 °C6 March 1974	19.9 °C	220 mm	19
1973	37.8 °C7 June 1973	7.2 °C1 March 1973	20.0 °C	224 mm	51
1972	35.9 °C7 July 1972	8.2 °C23 January 1972	19.8 °C	230 mm	17
1971	37.3 °C4 August 1971	7.2 °C3 March 1971	20.0 °C	195 mm	42
1970	35.8 °C9 August 1970	8.4 °C18 February 1970	20.4 °C	80 mm	35
1969	36.5 °C24 August 1969	7.6 °C12 February 1969	20.0 °C	329 mm	21
1968	39.8 °C2 August 1968	8.1 °C14 March 1968	20.4 °C	160 mm	37
1967	37.4 °C9 August 1967	8.2 °C18 January 1967	20.0 °C	188 mm	39
1966	40.5 °C27 August 1966	8.1 °C9 January 1966	20.5 °C	135 mm	37
1965	38.8 °C1 August 1965	7.2 °C11 February 1965	19.9 °C	156 mm	38
1964	37.5 °C21 June 1964	7.3 °C11 January 1964	20.1 °C	249 mm	37
1963	33.9 °C8 August 1963	5.9 °C24 January 1963	20.3 °C	130 mm	32
1962	39.8 °C11 July 1962	6.5 °C1 February 1962	20.2 °C	159 mm	30
1961	36.6 °C13 July 1961	9.2 °C6 January 1961	20.4 °C	112 mm	19
1960	42.6 °C12 August 1960	6.4 °C16 January 1960	20.4 °C	101 mm	30
1959	36.7 °C30 August 1959	8.0 °C8 January 1959	19.9 °C	165 mm	28
1958	38.1 °C21 June 1958	6.8 °C28 February 1958	19.9 °C	156 mm	25
1957	38.4 °C24 June 1957	6.4 °C19 January 1957	19.7 °C	196 mm	29
1956	40.4 °C21 July 1956	4.5 °C9 February 1956	19.4 °C	194 mm	29
1955	41.3 °C2 August 1955	9.6 °C2 March 1955	20.5 °C	79 mm	24
1954	39.5 °C30 June 1954	6.4 °C3 February 1954	19.4 °C	174 mm	21
1953	35.2 °C30 July 1953	6.9 °C6 January 1953	19.8 °C	244 mm	28
1952	36.8 °C20 August 1952	7.5 °C21 January 1952	20.6 °C	89 mm	81
1951	35.7 °C31 August 1951	8.0 °C2 January 1951	19.9 °C	250 mm	33
1950	35.0 °C1 September 1950	7.4 °C20 January 1950	20.2 °C	156 mm	44
1949	35.7 °C14 September 1949	7.0 °C4 March 1949	19.7 °C	239 mm	25
1948	38.1 °C5 July 1948	8.5 °C16 January 1948	19.9 °C	205 mm	26
1947	37.2 °C19 July 1947	8.0 °C28 January 1947	20.8 °C	85 mm	62
1946	37.9 °C18 August 1946	8.1 °C25 December 1946	20.5 °C	134 mm	60
1945	42.6 °C19 August 1945	5.9 °C7 January 1945	20.0 °C	126 mm	58
1944	36.8 °C22 July 1944	6.7 °C10 January 1944	19.6 °C	81 mm	37
1943	37.7 °C6 July 1943	8.1 °C2 January 1943	20.2 °C	360 mm	52
1942	34.5 °C27 May 1942	5.7 °C18 February 1942	19.6 °C	223 mm	28
1941	39.9 °C4 August 1941	5.0 °C4 January 1941	19.3 °C	149 mm	37
1940	41.5 °C16 July 1940	5.8 °C1 January 1940	19.5 °C	123 mm	49

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.7 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

82 d/yr

+34

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

144 mm

-23 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.9 °C	+2.0 °C	34 mm	+14 mm
Feb	17.8 °C	+1.0 °C	15 mm	-2 mm
Mar	21.9 °C	+3.3 °C	37 mm	+21 mm
Apr	21.9 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-6 mm
May	25.3 °C	+1.5 °C	6 mm	+2 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	32.5 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	31.6 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-8 mm
Oct	27.1 °C	+1.3 °C	8 mm	-20 mm
Nov	22.4 °C	+1.0 °C	9 mm	-16 mm
Dec	18.6 °C	+1.3 °C	25 mm	-5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

11.0 °C

18 Jan 2025

Wettest day

17.0 mm

25 Mar 2025

Windiest day

46.1 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

29 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.7 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of El Mgarsa?

El Mgarsa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 167 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Mgarsa?

The hottest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 42.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in El Mgarsa?

The coldest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at 4.5 °C.

Does it snow in El Mgarsa?

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

Has the climate of El Mgarsa warmed?

Yes: El Mgarsa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in El Mgarsa?

The wettest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2017, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in El Mgarsa?

The windiest day measured in El Mgarsa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 2005, with winds reaching 71.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in El Mgarsa?

The warmest month in El Mgarsa is August (28.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (13.6 °C).

How much does it rain in El Mgarsa?

El Mgarsa receives on average 167 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 30 rainy days.

Is it sunny in El Mgarsa?

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

Are there tropical nights in El Mgarsa?

Yes: El Mgarsa has on average 149 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Mgarsa?

In El Mgarsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 25 July 2023, and the lowest was -4.6 °C on 9 January 1981.

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