Gabès climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gabès?

Gabès has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 143 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 45.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gabès?

The coldest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -0.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gabès?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gabès warmed?

Yes: Gabès warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gabès?

The wettest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1977, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gabès?

The windiest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1997, with winds reaching 65.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gabès?

The warmest month in Gabès is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gabès?

Gabès receives on average 143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 26 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gabès?

Gabès gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gabès (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 143 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Gabès averages 0 frost days, 83 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 26 rainy days per year.

Gabès has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -0.6 °C (on 2 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

GabèsGabès Governorate

coords: 33.88°, 10.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

24.0°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

143mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

23.9km/h

Seasonal range

17.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

26 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

23.0 °C

Average feels-like low

15.0 °C

Average peak gust

36.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

127 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

45.6 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-0.6 °C

2 January 1942

Wettest day

89 mm

25 November 1977

Windiest day

65.5 km/h

21 April 1997

Strongest gust

102.2 km/h

3 May 2004

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

17 July 2003

Coldest feels-like

-6.9 °C

4 January 1941

Sunniest day

13.4 h

10 June 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.0 °C25 July 2025	6.5 °C16 January 2025	21.7 °C	129 mm	115	0
2024	44.1 °C1 July 2024	6.4 °C9 January 2024	22.1 °C	94 mm	117	0
2023	45.6 °C29 July 2023	3.3 °C24 January 2023	21.7 °C	96 mm	118	0
2022	44.7 °C18 August 2022	5.0 °C21 January 2022	21.9 °C	63 mm	133	0
2021	43.4 °C31 July 2021	4.5 °C4 January 2021	21.6 °C	40 mm	116	0
2020	41.8 °C3 August 2020	5.7 °C28 December 2020	21.3 °C	121 mm	103	0
2019	42.7 °C8 August 2019	5.6 °C12 January 2019	20.9 °C	147 mm	112	0
2018	43.3 °C14 July 2018	5.3 °C8 February 2018	21.2 °C	104 mm	105	0
2017	42.7 °C28 June 2017	3.6 °C19 January 2017	20.6 °C	125 mm	92	0
2016	43.1 °C16 June 2016	6.5 °C17 January 2016	21.5 °C	122 mm	102	0
2015	39.9 °C31 July 2015	4.4 °C1 January 2015	20.8 °C	114 mm	101	0
2014	41.7 °C26 July 2014	4.4 °C31 December 2014	21.4 °C	99 mm	109	0
2013	38.9 °C26 August 2013	4.8 °C26 February 2013	21.0 °C	91 mm	103	0
2012	44.6 °C12 July 2012	3.3 °C6 February 2012	21.1 °C	132 mm	119	0
2011	43.6 °C18 July 2011	4.5 °C23 January 2011	20.6 °C	114 mm	90	0
2010	41.1 °C14 August 2010	4.9 °C10 January 2010	21.1 °C	115 mm	102	0
2009	39.9 °C25 July 2009	5.5 °C21 December 2009	20.8 °C	191 mm	94	0
2008	40.6 °C15 August 2008	6.0 °C5 December 2008	20.8 °C	93 mm	102	0
2007	42.5 °C22 August 2007	4.2 °C19 December 2007	20.9 °C	220 mm	89	0
2006	40.9 °C23 June 2006	3.5 °C7 January 2006	20.9 °C	182 mm	108	0
2005	42.0 °C2 August 2005	2.9 °C27 January 2005	20.4 °C	131 mm	94	0
2004	40.0 °C26 August 2004	3.9 °C28 December 2004	20.7 °C	96 mm	99	0
2003	43.3 °C30 June 2003	4.2 °C2 February 2003	21.1 °C	188 mm	115	0
2002	41.8 °C6 August 2002	3.2 °C7 January 2002	20.8 °C	95 mm	101	0
2001	42.5 °C20 August 2001	5.7 °C11 January 2001	21.3 °C	54 mm	104	0
2000	42.2 °C11 July 2000	4.0 °C10 January 2000	20.8 °C	52 mm	97	0
1999	42.1 °C8 August 1999	2.3 °C1 February 1999	21.0 °C	139 mm	114	0
1998	41.7 °C3 September 1998	5.0 °C24 December 1998	20.3 °C	136 mm	92	0
1997	42.6 °C13 June 1997	6.5 °C8 January 1997	20.5 °C	229 mm	81	0
1996	44.1 °C7 July 1996	2.9 °C28 December 1996	20.1 °C	117 mm	65	0
1995	41.3 °C27 June 1995	3.6 °C17 January 1995	20.0 °C	285 mm	78	0
1994	41.8 °C16 August 1994	4.8 °C31 January 1994	20.8 °C	94 mm	100	0
1993	43.2 °C6 July 1993	4.9 °C25 February 1993	20.0 °C	91 mm	75	0
1992	39.1 °C29 August 1992	4.0 °C8 January 1992	19.6 °C	172 mm	75	0
1991	39.6 °C24 July 1991	4.4 °C16 February 1991	19.4 °C	118 mm	76	0
1990	38.0 °C1 September 1990	5.0 °C17 December 1990	20.5 °C	314 mm	98	0
1989	42.2 °C7 August 1989	5.6 °C2 February 1989	20.4 °C	71 mm	80	0
1988	39.9 °C2 September 1988	5.4 °C28 December 1988	20.3 °C	112 mm	83	0
1987	40.9 °C13 August 1987	4.5 °C17 January 1987	20.1 °C	113 mm	85	0
1986	38.3 °C28 July 1986	4.4 °C13 February 1986	20.0 °C	128 mm	78	0
1985	40.4 °C29 July 1985	2.4 °C11 January 1985	20.0 °C	94 mm	79	0
1984	41.0 °C26 July 1984	4.3 °C17 February 1984	19.2 °C	210 mm	63	0
1983	40.0 °C30 August 1983	4.1 °C23 January 1983	19.8 °C	125 mm	82	0
1982	41.5 °C26 June 1982	3.4 °C25 December 1982	20.1 °C	201 mm	91	0
1981	38.4 °C18 July 1981	1.4 °C9 January 1981	19.7 °C	74 mm	67	0
1980	42.8 °C9 July 1980	3.1 °C13 December 1980	19.0 °C	231 mm	58	0
1979	43.4 °C6 August 1979	5.3 °C18 January 1979	19.6 °C	142 mm	60	0
1978	41.7 °C15 July 1978	4.0 °C16 January 1978	19.2 °C	179 mm	47	0
1977	40.5 °C21 August 1977	5.6 °C21 December 1977	19.9 °C	189 mm	50	0
1976	40.2 °C16 August 1976	3.3 °C28 January 1976	18.7 °C	316 mm	51	0
1975	38.6 °C30 June 1975	5.0 °C8 January 1975	19.3 °C	278 mm	66	0
1974	37.7 °C2 September 1974	5.2 °C23 December 1974	19.1 °C	156 mm	63	0
1973	42.0 °C22 July 1973	4.2 °C2 March 1973	19.3 °C	277 mm	86	0
1972	40.0 °C2 August 1972	5.0 °C23 January 1972	18.9 °C	211 mm	46	0
1971	40.9 °C4 August 1971	2.9 °C3 March 1971	19.1 °C	165 mm	73	0
1970	39.1 °C22 July 1970	5.1 °C1 March 1970	19.7 °C	84 mm	72	0
1969	39.3 °C16 August 1969	4.2 °C12 February 1969	19.2 °C	290 mm	42	0
1968	42.2 °C2 August 1968	4.5 °C6 February 1968	19.6 °C	133 mm	67	0
1967	40.3 °C9 August 1967	3.3 °C23 December 1967	19.4 °C	111 mm	72	0
1966	40.7 °C12 July 1966	3.1 °C8 January 1966	19.8 °C	75 mm	70	0
1965	43.7 °C1 August 1965	2.4 °C11 February 1965	19.2 °C	133 mm	62	0
1964	42.1 °C18 August 1964	3.1 °C11 January 1964	19.4 °C	170 mm	79	0
1963	37.5 °C11 July 1963	2.8 °C26 January 1963	19.4 °C	125 mm	63	0
1962	43.7 °C12 July 1962	2.2 °C1 February 1962	19.3 °C	125 mm	61	0
1961	41.0 °C13 July 1961	4.5 °C21 December 1961	19.7 °C	82 mm	58	0
1960	43.8 °C2 July 1960	2.7 °C16 January 1960	19.7 °C	74 mm	59	0
1959	40.4 °C31 July 1959	4.8 °C19 January 1959	19.1 °C	149 mm	57	0
1958	39.8 °C22 August 1958	3.1 °C25 January 1958	19.3 °C	183 mm	58	0
1957	42.5 °C24 June 1957	0.3 °C19 January 1957	18.9 °C	235 mm	56	0
1956	42.9 °C21 July 1956	1.2 °C9 February 1956	18.6 °C	101 mm	69	0
1955	42.7 °C2 August 1955	5.5 °C3 March 1955	19.9 °C	62 mm	63	0
1954	42.5 °C30 June 1954	2.5 °C3 February 1954	18.7 °C	126 mm	53	0
1953	39.6 °C29 June 1953	1.1 °C18 January 1953	18.9 °C	212 mm	70	0
1952	41.2 °C24 June 1952	2.9 °C11 January 1952	19.9 °C	76 mm	116	0
1951	40.0 °C31 August 1951	3.3 °C2 January 1951	19.1 °C	176 mm	67	0
1950	39.3 °C14 July 1950	2.8 °C19 December 1950	19.4 °C	129 mm	93	0
1949	37.5 °C14 September 1949	2.7 °C6 February 1949	18.9 °C	202 mm	68	0
1948	38.6 °C5 July 1948	3.7 °C22 January 1948	19.3 °C	113 mm	65	0
1947	40.4 °C11 August 1947	3.6 °C19 December 1947	20.1 °C	118 mm	97	0
1946	41.2 °C18 August 1946	3.0 °C25 December 1946	19.8 °C	77 mm	94	0
1945	44.4 °C8 August 1945	0.7 °C8 January 1945	19.3 °C	61 mm	96	0
1944	41.1 °C22 July 1944	1.2 °C11 January 1944	18.7 °C	72 mm	83	0
1943	41.2 °C6 July 1943	4.8 °C30 January 1943	19.4 °C	371 mm	94	0
1942	37.3 °C20 August 1942	-0.6 °C2 January 1942	19.0 °C	204 mm	77	1
1941	42.0 °C4 August 1941	0.4 °C7 January 1941	18.7 °C	84 mm	75	0
1940	42.7 °C16 July 1940	0.6 °C19 January 1940	18.7 °C	126 mm	84	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

+32

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

129 mm

-14 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.6 °C	+2.2 °C	36 mm	+21 mm
Feb	17.8 °C	+0.7 °C	15 mm	+1 mm
Mar	22.7 °C	+3.1 °C	16 mm	-3 mm
Apr	23.7 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
May	27.2 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	35.1 °C	+2.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	33.6 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.4 °C	7 mm	-7 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+1.6 °C	17 mm	-8 mm
Nov	22.0 °C	+1.1 °C	9 mm	-7 mm
Dec	17.5 °C	+1.1 °C	22 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.0 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

6.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Wettest day

13.8 mm

18 Oct 2025

Windiest day

40.6 km/h

16 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.0 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.4 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gabès?

Gabès has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 143 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gabès?

The hottest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 45.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gabès?

The coldest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -0.6 °C.

Does it snow in Gabès?

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

Has the climate of Gabès warmed?

Yes: Gabès warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gabès?

The wettest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1977, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gabès?

The windiest day measured in Gabès between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1997, with winds reaching 65.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gabès?

The warmest month in Gabès is August (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Gabès?

Gabès receives on average 143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 26 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gabès?

Gabès gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gabès?

Yes: Gabès has on average 127 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gabès?

In Gabès, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 17 July 2003, and the lowest was -6.9 °C on 4 January 1941.

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