Kebili climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kebili?

Kebili has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 90 mm of precipitation per year.

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

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Kebili?

The coldest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -4.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kebili?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kebili warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kebili?

The wettest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1990, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kebili?

The windiest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 73.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kebili?

The warmest month in Kebili is July (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kebili?

Kebili receives on average 90 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kebili?

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

Kebili (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 90 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 (31.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Kebili averages 1 frost days, 148 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.

Kebili has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.9 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -4.3 °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

KebiliKebili Governorate

coords: 33.70°, 8.97°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

90mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

51%

Average peak wind

23.0km/h

Seasonal range

20.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

148 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

18 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.1 °C

Average feels-like low

13.7 °C

Average peak gust

37.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

127 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 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

-4.3 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

59 mm

22 January 1990

Windiest day

73.8 km/h

26 March 1963

Strongest gust

116.6 km/h

26 March 1963

Hottest feels-like

47.8 °C

12 July 2008

Coldest feels-like

-8.3 °C

3 January 1942

Sunniest day

13.3 h

18 June 2009

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	46.0 °C21 July 2025	3.7 °C30 November 2025	23.0 °C	95 mm	171	0
2024	47.8 °C1 July 2024	4.2 °C9 January 2024	23.5 °C	70 mm	169	0
2023	48.9 °C29 July 2023	-0.3 °C24 January 2023	22.9 °C	60 mm	175	1
2022	47.4 °C1 July 2022	1.8 °C21 January 2022	23.2 °C	48 mm	163	0
2021	48.1 °C4 July 2021	0.8 °C4 January 2021	23.1 °C	32 mm	168	0
2020	45.9 °C17 August 2020	2.2 °C4 January 2020	22.8 °C	61 mm	162	0
2019	48.2 °C14 July 2019	2.7 °C12 January 2019	22.4 °C	68 mm	157	0
2018	48.4 °C5 July 2018	3.3 °C8 February 2018	22.4 °C	65 mm	159	0
2017	46.7 °C24 July 2017	1.6 °C19 January 2017	21.9 °C	88 mm	152	0
2016	45.9 °C15 June 2016	2.9 °C18 January 2016	22.9 °C	75 mm	179	0
2015	45.0 °C2 August 2015	1.2 °C3 January 2015	22.1 °C	78 mm	162	0
2014	46.2 °C7 July 2014	3.2 °C31 December 2014	22.7 °C	68 mm	165	0
2013	45.5 °C21 July 2013	3.4 °C27 January 2013	22.4 °C	51 mm	177	0
2012	46.7 °C12 July 2012	0.8 °C8 February 2012	22.6 °C	85 mm	178	0
2011	46.9 °C8 August 2011	3.1 °C1 January 2011	21.9 °C	84 mm	147	0
2010	47.6 °C23 July 2010	2.2 °C3 February 2010	22.5 °C	89 mm	159	0
2009	45.2 °C7 July 2009	3.8 °C21 December 2009	21.9 °C	163 mm	147	0
2008	46.9 °C12 July 2008	2.9 °C5 December 2008	22.3 °C	54 mm	160	0
2007	46.8 °C20 June 2007	0.2 °C18 December 2007	22.1 °C	134 mm	155	0
2006	46.8 °C28 June 2006	0.3 °C7 January 2006	22.2 °C	109 mm	164	0
2005	47.1 °C2 August 2005	0.4 °C27 January 2005	21.9 °C	69 mm	162	0
2004	45.9 °C10 August 2004	1.8 °C8 January 2004	21.9 °C	88 mm	158	0
2003	46.2 °C17 July 2003	1.7 °C8 February 2003	22.3 °C	152 mm	165	0
2002	46.2 °C24 July 2002	2.1 °C7 January 2002	22.2 °C	67 mm	160	0
2001	46.9 °C19 July 2001	1.9 °C11 January 2001	22.8 °C	28 mm	175	0
2000	46.2 °C18 July 2000	1.5 °C9 January 2000	22.2 °C	26 mm	161	0
1999	46.6 °C9 August 1999	0.4 °C2 February 1999	22.7 °C	89 mm	178	0
1998	45.6 °C1 July 1998	3.2 °C10 December 1998	21.7 °C	81 mm	149	0
1997	47.7 °C24 July 1997	3.7 °C8 January 1997	22.0 °C	69 mm	145	0
1996	47.5 °C7 July 1996	2.4 °C28 December 1996	21.4 °C	82 mm	139	0
1995	46.1 °C26 June 1995	1.3 °C18 January 1995	21.4 °C	104 mm	133	0
1994	45.3 °C18 August 1994	2.5 °C3 February 1994	22.2 °C	77 mm	148	0
1993	47.4 °C4 July 1993	1.6 °C5 January 1993	21.4 °C	60 mm	158	0
1992	42.7 °C29 August 1992	2.1 °C1 January 1992	20.8 °C	129 mm	154	0
1991	46.4 °C31 July 1991	2.7 °C27 December 1991	20.6 °C	73 mm	129	0
1990	42.4 °C23 May 1990	2.4 °C16 December 1990	21.8 °C	238 mm	160	0
1989	44.8 °C7 August 1989	2.4 °C7 January 1989	21.9 °C	26 mm	139	0
1988	46.4 °C1 July 1988	2.7 °C26 December 1988	21.9 °C	75 mm	155	0
1987	47.8 °C14 June 1987	1.8 °C21 January 1987	21.6 °C	56 mm	154	0
1986	43.2 °C28 July 1986	2.8 °C13 February 1986	21.4 °C	97 mm	148	0
1985	44.6 °C15 June 1985	0.9 °C10 January 1985	21.4 °C	70 mm	146	0
1984	44.2 °C24 August 1984	2.7 °C19 January 1984	20.6 °C	97 mm	139	0
1983	44.4 °C9 August 1983	1.9 °C22 January 1983	21.2 °C	57 mm	146	0
1982	45.5 °C23 June 1982	2.1 °C25 December 1982	21.4 °C	110 mm	150	0
1981	47.4 °C3 July 1981	0.6 °C9 January 1981	21.1 °C	58 mm	173	0
1980	46.4 °C9 July 1980	-1.1 °C15 December 1980	20.0 °C	187 mm	137	2
1979	45.3 °C6 August 1979	2.8 °C24 December 1979	20.8 °C	80 mm	140	0
1978	45.2 °C7 August 1978	1.3 °C15 January 1978	20.3 °C	126 mm	123	0
1977	45.7 °C8 July 1977	2.7 °C21 December 1977	21.1 °C	110 mm	134	0
1976	42.9 °C16 August 1976	0.9 °C30 January 1976	19.6 °C	218 mm	124	0
1975	43.9 °C30 June 1975	1.5 °C4 December 1975	20.5 °C	105 mm	136	0
1974	44.7 °C26 June 1974	1.7 °C25 December 1974	20.2 °C	116 mm	133	0
1973	46.0 °C14 July 1973	1.9 °C2 March 1973	20.6 °C	215 mm	155	0
1972	45.4 °C2 August 1972	1.1 °C16 January 1972	20.0 °C	146 mm	122	0
1971	44.7 °C19 July 1971	1.0 °C3 January 1971	20.3 °C	75 mm	135	0
1970	45.7 °C9 August 1970	2.1 °C5 March 1970	20.7 °C	62 mm	141	0
1969	42.3 °C16 August 1969	1.3 °C12 December 1969	20.2 °C	175 mm	122	0
1968	45.4 °C11 August 1968	2.4 °C8 February 1968	20.7 °C	83 mm	129	0
1967	43.5 °C8 July 1967	0.2 °C18 January 1967	20.5 °C	65 mm	126	0
1966	45.0 °C13 June 1966	0.2 °C8 January 1966	20.8 °C	67 mm	134	0
1965	46.8 °C1 August 1965	0.9 °C11 February 1965	20.4 °C	96 mm	125	0
1964	44.7 °C15 August 1964	0.2 °C12 January 1964	20.3 °C	101 mm	149	0
1963	42.8 °C3 July 1963	-0.8 °C30 January 1963	20.2 °C	115 mm	118	2
1962	45.8 °C13 July 1962	0.3 °C1 February 1962	20.3 °C	69 mm	133	0
1961	42.4 °C2 August 1961	1.9 °C8 January 1961	20.6 °C	31 mm	145	0
1960	47.3 °C2 July 1960	-0.1 °C19 January 1960	20.6 °C	78 mm	137	1
1959	44.0 °C31 July 1959	0.3 °C20 January 1959	20.0 °C	54 mm	126	0
1958	44.1 °C26 June 1958	0.3 °C25 January 1958	20.3 °C	138 mm	133	0
1957	44.4 °C24 June 1957	-2.0 °C20 January 1957	19.7 °C	207 mm	122	5
1956	45.2 °C21 July 1956	-2.1 °C22 February 1956	19.4 °C	55 mm	128	8
1955	45.2 °C28 July 1955	1.7 °C1 January 1955	20.8 °C	63 mm	131	0
1954	45.6 °C30 June 1954	-0.5 °C1 January 1954	19.5 °C	60 mm	134	2
1953	43.0 °C29 June 1953	-2.0 °C23 January 1953	19.7 °C	140 mm	144	7
1952	44.3 °C16 June 1952	-1.4 °C11 January 1952	20.8 °C	58 mm	145	2
1951	43.7 °C26 June 1951	-1.2 °C16 December 1951	19.8 °C	87 mm	140	2
1950	43.0 °C21 June 1950	-1.5 °C30 December 1950	20.0 °C	65 mm	145	3
1949	42.4 °C16 June 1949	-0.4 °C4 February 1949	19.8 °C	138 mm	144	3
1948	42.0 °C9 August 1948	-0.9 °C20 December 1948	20.2 °C	56 mm	144	1
1947	43.8 °C9 July 1947	-1.6 °C26 December 1947	21.0 °C	44 mm	155	9
1946	43.0 °C11 August 1946	-1.3 °C22 December 1946	20.7 °C	26 mm	158	2
1945	47.4 °C8 August 1945	-2.8 °C8 January 1945	20.2 °C	46 mm	147	10
1944	44.5 °C22 July 1944	-3.5 °C10 January 1944	19.5 °C	48 mm	148	8
1943	44.8 °C26 July 1943	0.3 °C31 January 1943	20.0 °C	245 mm	145	0
1942	44.4 °C13 July 1942	-4.3 °C3 January 1942	20.0 °C	105 mm	156	14
1941	46.1 °C4 August 1941	-4.1 °C8 January 1941	19.6 °C	57 mm	136	18
1940	44.8 °C16 July 1940	-2.9 °C1 January 1940	19.5 °C	38 mm	147	12

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

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

171 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

95 mm

+5 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.7 °C	+2.7 °C	11 mm	-0 mm
Feb	19.0 °C	+0.5 °C	27 mm	+19 mm
Mar	25.6 °C	+3.6 °C	10 mm	-4 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-9 mm
May	31.7 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	+0 mm
Jun	37.5 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jul	40.5 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	38.7 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	35.3 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Oct	29.7 °C	+1.7 °C	5 mm	-6 mm
Nov	22.7 °C	+1.1 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Dec	17.8 °C	+1.1 °C	29 mm	+16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.0 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.7 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

24.7 mm

7 Feb 2025

Windiest day

44.8 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

14 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.0 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.2 h

2 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kebili?

Kebili has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 90 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kebili?

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

What is the coldest day in Kebili?

The coldest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -4.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kebili?

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

Has the climate of Kebili warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kebili?

The wettest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1990, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kebili?

The windiest day measured in Kebili between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 73.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kebili?

The warmest month in Kebili is July (31.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Kebili?

Kebili receives on average 90 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 18 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kebili?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kebili?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kebili?

In Kebili, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 12 July 2008, and the lowest was -8.3 °C on 3 January 1942.

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