Kairouan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kairouan?

Kairouan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 260 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 48.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kairouan?

The coldest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1942, at -3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kairouan?

Almost never: Kairouan sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kairouan warmed?

Yes: Kairouan warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kairouan?

The wettest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1973, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kairouan?

The windiest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1998, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kairouan?

The warmest month in Kairouan is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kairouan?

Kairouan receives on average 260 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 44 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kairouan?

Kairouan gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kairouan (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 260 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kairouan averages 1 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 44 rainy days per year.

Kairouan has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.6 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest -3.3 °C (on 13 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

KairouanKairouan

coords: 35.68°, 10.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.2°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

13.8°C

Annual rainfall

260mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

16.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

44 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.5 °C

Average feels-like low

12.9 °C

Average peak gust

33.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

83 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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

48.6 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest day

-3.3 °C

13 January 1942

Wettest day

79 mm

13 December 1973

Windiest day

47.2 km/h

25 March 1998

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

13 December 2005

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

8 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-6.9 °C

13 January 1942

Snowiest day

0.6 cm

31 January 1962

Sunniest day

13.7 h

25 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	45.7 °C21 July 2025	4.5 °C24 November 2025	21.0 °C	235 mm	140	0
2024	47.3 °C1 July 2024	3.9 °C11 December 2024	21.6 °C	185 mm	147	0
2023	48.6 °C25 July 2023	0.0 °C24 January 2023	21.5 °C	233 mm	148	0
2022	44.9 °C18 August 2022	0.9 °C27 January 2022	21.5 °C	197 mm	155	0
2021	46.9 °C11 August 2021	1.0 °C16 February 2021	21.0 °C	109 mm	137	0
2020	43.8 °C16 August 2020	2.3 °C8 February 2020	20.5 °C	271 mm	120	0
2019	43.6 °C24 June 2019	2.4 °C23 January 2019	20.1 °C	312 mm	124	0
2018	44.2 °C13 July 2018	3.2 °C27 December 2018	20.3 °C	300 mm	122	0
2017	46.0 °C12 July 2017	0.3 °C19 January 2017	20.3 °C	169 mm	129	0
2016	41.8 °C1 August 2016	3.0 °C26 January 2016	20.7 °C	324 mm	127	0
2015	43.7 °C30 July 2015	2.7 °C11 February 2015	20.6 °C	220 mm	140	0
2014	44.0 °C13 August 2014	3.1 °C4 February 2014	20.6 °C	277 mm	136	0
2013	40.3 °C29 July 2013	1.5 °C26 February 2013	20.3 °C	248 mm	126	0
2012	45.2 °C11 July 2012	1.4 °C15 February 2012	20.7 °C	294 mm	139	0
2011	42.2 °C12 July 2011	2.0 °C23 January 2011	20.0 °C	320 mm	122	0
2010	42.0 °C22 July 2010	2.1 °C3 February 2010	20.4 °C	273 mm	127	0
2009	43.3 °C25 July 2009	1.6 °C16 February 2009	20.3 °C	349 mm	126	0
2008	43.0 °C7 July 2008	1.6 °C18 February 2008	20.3 °C	184 mm	122	0
2007	45.2 °C19 June 2007	0.2 °C18 December 2007	20.2 °C	292 mm	131	0
2006	43.8 °C28 June 2006	1.1 °C18 January 2006	20.3 °C	254 mm	133	0
2005	45.3 °C10 August 2005	2.0 °C18 January 2005	19.8 °C	329 mm	114	0
2004	44.3 °C10 August 2004	2.4 °C1 February 2004	19.9 °C	290 mm	125	0
2003	46.1 °C30 June 2003	1.9 °C9 February 2003	20.4 °C	415 mm	130	0
2002	43.9 °C6 August 2002	0.3 °C7 January 2002	20.2 °C	191 mm	125	0
2001	41.2 °C19 July 2001	2.5 °C4 February 2001	20.5 °C	133 mm	138	0
2000	43.2 °C7 July 2000	0.7 °C10 January 2000	20.2 °C	149 mm	124	0
1999	46.3 °C10 August 1999	-0.1 °C24 December 1999	20.5 °C	317 mm	154	1
1998	44.9 °C1 July 1998	0.8 °C24 December 1998	19.8 °C	157 mm	122	0
1997	43.6 °C13 June 1997	4.1 °C12 February 1997	19.7 °C	327 mm	117	0
1996	45.7 °C7 July 1996	-0.2 °C28 December 1996	19.3 °C	289 mm	94	1
1995	40.8 °C11 August 1995	-0.3 °C18 January 1995	19.8 °C	220 mm	113	1
1994	43.7 °C15 August 1994	0.4 °C31 January 1994	20.4 °C	158 mm	128	0
1993	44.1 °C5 July 1993	1.3 °C26 February 1993	18.9 °C	249 mm	119	0
1992	39.6 °C29 August 1992	-0.7 °C30 December 1992	18.5 °C	465 mm	107	2
1991	41.2 °C23 July 1991	1.2 °C7 January 1991	18.5 °C	281 mm	102	0
1990	40.6 °C20 June 1990	0.7 °C16 December 1990	19.5 °C	397 mm	131	0
1989	40.1 °C6 August 1989	3.1 °C17 February 1989	19.3 °C	193 mm	92	0
1988	42.6 °C2 September 1988	1.6 °C12 January 1988	19.9 °C	201 mm	117	0
1987	44.6 °C12 August 1987	2.1 °C2 January 1987	19.8 °C	168 mm	125	0
1986	41.9 °C26 July 1986	1.8 °C31 December 1986	19.2 °C	264 mm	110	0
1985	40.5 °C31 July 1985	0.0 °C12 January 1985	19.3 °C	156 mm	113	0
1984	43.0 °C25 July 1984	1.0 °C19 February 1984	18.5 °C	292 mm	105	0
1983	43.3 °C24 July 1983	0.2 °C14 January 1983	19.1 °C	177 mm	110	0
1982	44.5 °C1 August 1982	2.6 °C8 March 1982	19.6 °C	373 mm	108	0
1981	42.1 °C2 July 1981	0.5 °C14 January 1981	19.1 °C	165 mm	126	0
1980	45.1 °C9 July 1980	-1.8 °C13 December 1980	18.3 °C	329 mm	102	5
1979	44.4 °C6 August 1979	0.5 °C18 January 1979	18.8 °C	284 mm	99	0
1978	43.4 °C7 August 1978	-2.3 °C16 January 1978	18.5 °C	178 mm	89	3
1977	39.3 °C19 July 1977	1.9 °C20 December 1977	19.0 °C	243 mm	85	0
1976	42.3 °C16 August 1976	1.7 °C20 January 1976	17.9 °C	470 mm	81	0
1975	40.5 °C18 July 1975	0.9 °C7 January 1975	18.6 °C	274 mm	106	0
1974	37.3 °C17 July 1974	0.4 °C23 December 1974	18.2 °C	237 mm	104	0
1973	42.4 °C22 July 1973	0.8 °C2 March 1973	18.2 °C	565 mm	106	0
1972	38.4 °C6 July 1972	0.6 °C16 February 1972	17.9 °C	422 mm	78	0
1971	40.2 °C18 July 1971	1.2 °C3 March 1971	17.8 °C	404 mm	85	0
1970	42.4 °C22 July 1970	0.0 °C1 March 1970	18.2 °C	188 mm	93	0
1969	40.7 °C15 August 1969	1.3 °C6 January 1969	18.1 °C	652 mm	65	0
1968	42.2 °C2 August 1968	2.2 °C15 January 1968	18.7 °C	232 mm	90	0
1967	41.7 °C10 August 1967	1.4 °C11 February 1967	18.7 °C	179 mm	97	0
1966	40.8 °C22 June 1966	2.0 °C9 January 1966	18.9 °C	229 mm	101	0
1965	45.9 °C1 August 1965	-0.1 °C21 February 1965	18.5 °C	195 mm	90	1
1964	44.4 °C22 August 1964	0.4 °C12 February 1964	18.4 °C	328 mm	116	0
1963	37.9 °C3 August 1963	-2.0 °C4 March 1963	18.2 °C	330 mm	85	4
1962	43.6 °C11 July 1962	0.8 °C31 January 1962	18.2 °C	179 mm	93	0
1961	39.9 °C12 July 1961	1.5 °C20 January 1961	19.0 °C	147 mm	96	0
1960	43.8 °C2 July 1960	2.0 °C8 January 1960	18.6 °C	134 mm	95	0
1959	40.7 °C15 July 1959	0.9 °C19 January 1959	18.0 °C	275 mm	88	0
1958	42.1 °C21 August 1958	1.2 °C26 January 1958	18.7 °C	249 mm	110	0
1957	43.6 °C9 August 1957	-1.9 °C19 January 1957	18.2 °C	333 mm	87	3
1956	44.1 °C21 July 1956	-2.1 °C9 February 1956	17.8 °C	220 mm	107	5
1955	44.0 °C26 July 1955	1.7 °C10 March 1955	19.1 °C	318 mm	105	0
1954	40.1 °C30 June 1954	1.0 °C3 February 1954	18.2 °C	201 mm	108	0
1953	40.5 °C29 June 1953	-1.0 °C23 January 1953	18.2 °C	329 mm	111	3
1952	42.4 °C16 June 1952	0.3 °C10 January 1952	19.4 °C	183 mm	128	0
1951	42.5 °C7 August 1951	0.0 °C1 January 1951	18.6 °C	181 mm	110	0
1950	41.7 °C20 June 1950	-0.3 °C21 January 1950	18.5 °C	242 mm	123	2
1949	40.6 °C9 July 1949	0.5 °C8 March 1949	18.1 °C	280 mm	123	0
1948	42.6 °C5 July 1948	1.9 °C20 December 1948	18.7 °C	272 mm	112	0
1947	42.4 °C10 August 1947	0.2 °C18 December 1947	19.8 °C	211 mm	148	0
1946	44.1 °C18 August 1946	1.2 °C23 December 1946	19.7 °C	150 mm	145	0
1945	46.9 °C19 August 1945	-0.9 °C6 January 1945	19.2 °C	79 mm	140	5
1944	45.9 °C22 July 1944	-0.8 °C10 January 1944	18.2 °C	200 mm	125	4
1943	43.7 °C4 July 1943	1.2 °C5 January 1943	18.7 °C	366 mm	123	0
1942	42.7 °C11 July 1942	-3.3 °C13 January 1942	18.7 °C	193 mm	142	12
1941	46.5 °C4 August 1941	-0.8 °C1 January 1941	18.1 °C	230 mm	118	2
1940	46.3 °C15 July 1940	-3.0 °C1 January 1940	17.9 °C	205 mm	112	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

140 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

235 mm

-25 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.9 °C	+2.4 °C	54 mm	+30 mm
Feb	18.4 °C	+0.7 °C	37 mm	+12 mm
Mar	22.0 °C	+1.9 °C	15 mm	-19 mm
Apr	24.3 °C	+1.2 °C	48 mm	+20 mm
May	28.9 °C	+1.2 °C	12 mm	-5 mm
Jun	36.2 °C	+3.9 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Jul	38.1 °C	+2.6 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Aug	36.1 °C	+0.9 °C	11 mm	+3 mm
Sep	33.2 °C	+2.1 °C	16 mm	-14 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+2.6 °C	8 mm	-31 mm
Nov	23.2 °C	+1.9 °C	2 mm	-21 mm
Dec	19.0 °C	+1.5 °C	30 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.7 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

4.5 °C

24 Nov 2025

Wettest day

17.6 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

30.5 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.2 °C

24 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kairouan?

Kairouan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.2 °C and it receives 260 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kairouan?

The hottest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 48.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kairouan?

The coldest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1942, at -3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kairouan?

Almost never: Kairouan sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kairouan warmed?

Yes: Kairouan warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kairouan?

The wettest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1973, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kairouan?

The windiest day measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1998, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kairouan?

The warmest month in Kairouan is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Kairouan?

Kairouan receives on average 260 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 44 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kairouan?

Kairouan gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kairouan?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kairouan between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1962, with 0.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Kairouan?

Yes: Kairouan has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kairouan?

In Kairouan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 8 July 2023, and the lowest was -6.9 °C on 13 January 1942.

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