Mahires climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mahires?

Mahires has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 176 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 41.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mahires?

The coldest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at 1.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mahires?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mahires warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mahires?

The wettest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mahires?

The windiest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 65.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mahires?

The warmest month in Mahires is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mahires?

Mahires receives on average 176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mahires?

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

Mahires (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 176 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Mahires averages 0 frost days, 52 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 31 rainy days per year.

Mahires 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 41.9 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest 1.0 °C (on 4 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

MahiresSfax Governorate

coords: 34.53°, 10.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.8°C

Average daily high

22.9°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

176mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

25.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

52 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

31 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

37.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

132 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

41.9 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest day

1.0 °C

4 January 1942

Wettest day

96 mm

26 September 1969

Windiest day

65.0 km/h

12 December 1967

Strongest gust

95.8 km/h

12 December 1967

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-5.3 °C

9 January 1981

Sunniest day

13.6 h

18 June 2009

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.7 °C21 July 2025	8.6 °C3 February 2025	21.5 °C	194 mm	94
2024	38.2 °C1 July 2024	8.1 °C9 January 2024	21.7 °C	135 mm	86
2023	41.9 °C25 July 2023	6.0 °C23 January 2023	21.4 °C	132 mm	86
2022	39.5 °C18 August 2022	5.2 °C21 January 2022	21.6 °C	97 mm	108
2021	40.1 °C11 August 2021	5.0 °C4 January 2021	21.1 °C	67 mm	94
2020	37.3 °C16 August 2020	6.1 °C16 January 2020	21.0 °C	152 mm	71
2019	39.3 °C27 July 2019	6.6 °C5 January 2019	20.6 °C	151 mm	77
2018	39.1 °C14 July 2018	7.0 °C12 February 2018	20.8 °C	155 mm	71
2017	38.9 °C12 July 2017	4.9 °C19 January 2017	20.4 °C	101 mm	68
2016	38.5 °C16 June 2016	6.6 °C27 January 2016	21.1 °C	150 mm	67
2015	36.5 °C31 July 2015	4.8 °C1 January 2015	20.6 °C	176 mm	72
2014	37.6 °C13 August 2014	5.8 °C31 December 2014	21.0 °C	117 mm	71
2013	36.5 °C26 August 2013	6.6 °C15 February 2013	20.6 °C	164 mm	55
2012	41.1 °C12 July 2012	4.0 °C8 February 2012	20.8 °C	213 mm	92
2011	37.5 °C18 July 2011	6.5 °C1 March 2011	20.4 °C	125 mm	62
2010	36.9 °C14 August 2010	6.0 °C10 January 2010	20.7 °C	122 mm	59
2009	37.3 °C25 July 2009	5.7 °C16 February 2009	20.4 °C	193 mm	66
2008	36.8 °C4 July 2008	6.6 °C18 February 2008	20.5 °C	147 mm	66
2007	39.6 °C21 August 2007	5.7 °C18 December 2007	20.6 °C	242 mm	57
2006	37.2 °C23 June 2006	5.6 °C7 January 2006	20.6 °C	196 mm	68
2005	37.5 °C2 August 2005	4.3 °C27 January 2005	20.0 °C	179 mm	56
2004	36.1 °C26 August 2004	5.4 °C28 December 2004	20.4 °C	104 mm	60
2003	40.6 °C30 June 2003	5.4 °C2 February 2003	20.8 °C	262 mm	94
2002	38.2 °C6 August 2002	5.2 °C7 January 2002	20.5 °C	123 mm	45
2001	38.5 °C20 August 2001	6.5 °C11 January 2001	20.8 °C	76 mm	70
2000	38.2 °C18 July 2000	5.5 °C10 January 2000	20.4 °C	78 mm	49
1999	40.1 °C8 August 1999	2.5 °C1 February 1999	20.6 °C	201 mm	75
1998	38.5 °C3 July 1998	6.6 °C24 December 1998	20.0 °C	145 mm	64
1997	39.3 °C13 June 1997	8.3 °C2 March 1997	20.2 °C	264 mm	43
1996	39.6 °C7 July 1996	3.6 °C28 December 1996	19.8 °C	154 mm	42
1995	37.4 °C27 June 1995	5.1 °C16 January 1995	19.8 °C	300 mm	50
1994	39.4 °C16 August 1994	5.8 °C31 January 1994	20.5 °C	109 mm	64
1993	39.0 °C6 July 1993	4.7 °C25 February 1993	19.7 °C	102 mm	49
1992	36.0 °C29 August 1992	5.3 °C30 December 1992	19.3 °C	241 mm	42
1991	34.9 °C23 July 1991	5.1 °C16 February 1991	19.3 °C	136 mm	44
1990	35.4 °C26 September 1990	6.4 °C16 December 1990	20.3 °C	351 mm	54
1989	39.1 °C7 August 1989	6.3 °C7 January 1989	20.1 °C	96 mm	47
1988	37.5 °C2 September 1988	5.9 °C27 February 1988	20.1 °C	126 mm	54
1987	36.3 °C16 August 1987	4.5 °C17 January 1987	19.9 °C	140 mm	55
1986	34.5 °C24 August 1986	4.5 °C12 February 1986	19.7 °C	146 mm	42
1985	35.8 °C29 July 1985	3.5 °C11 January 1985	19.7 °C	105 mm	45
1984	39.4 °C26 July 1984	5.1 °C17 February 1984	19.0 °C	234 mm	28
1983	37.8 °C17 September 1983	5.2 °C24 January 1983	19.5 °C	136 mm	46
1982	38.0 °C2 August 1982	5.6 °C25 December 1982	19.9 °C	221 mm	72
1981	34.4 °C18 July 1981	3.4 °C9 January 1981	19.4 °C	100 mm	29
1980	38.5 °C9 July 1980	4.4 °C2 December 1980	19.0 °C	246 mm	31
1979	39.4 °C6 August 1979	6.9 °C17 January 1979	19.4 °C	149 mm	33
1978	37.2 °C4 August 1978	5.1 °C15 January 1978	19.0 °C	179 mm	22
1977	37.1 °C21 August 1977	6.1 °C20 December 1977	19.7 °C	177 mm	22
1976	37.3 °C16 August 1976	4.8 °C28 January 1976	18.6 °C	370 mm	16
1975	35.2 °C24 July 1975	5.7 °C7 January 1975	19.2 °C	234 mm	38
1974	33.6 °C3 September 1974	6.5 °C25 December 1974	18.9 °C	168 mm	24
1973	37.8 °C22 July 1973	4.6 °C1 March 1973	19.1 °C	365 mm	46
1972	35.0 °C7 July 1972	6.3 °C23 January 1972	18.8 °C	282 mm	18
1971	37.6 °C4 August 1971	4.3 °C3 March 1971	19.0 °C	248 mm	43
1970	36.9 °C22 July 1970	6.1 °C1 March 1970	19.5 °C	103 mm	38
1969	36.6 °C16 August 1969	4.9 °C12 February 1969	19.1 °C	525 mm	20
1968	40.5 °C2 August 1968	6.2 °C6 February 1968	19.6 °C	192 mm	42
1967	38.1 °C9 August 1967	3.9 °C23 December 1967	19.4 °C	164 mm	48
1966	36.7 °C23 June 1966	4.9 °C9 January 1966	19.7 °C	102 mm	42
1965	39.8 °C1 August 1965	4.3 °C11 February 1965	19.1 °C	161 mm	40
1964	38.7 °C18 August 1964	4.3 °C16 January 1964	19.4 °C	224 mm	50
1963	33.6 °C11 July 1963	3.4 °C24 January 1963	19.4 °C	148 mm	47
1962	39.7 °C12 July 1962	3.0 °C1 February 1962	19.3 °C	190 mm	35
1961	37.2 °C13 July 1961	5.6 °C19 December 1961	19.7 °C	79 mm	31
1960	41.0 °C12 August 1960	3.9 °C16 January 1960	19.6 °C	82 mm	32
1959	37.2 °C31 July 1959	5.6 °C19 January 1959	19.0 °C	164 mm	34
1958	36.9 °C21 June 1958	4.4 °C26 January 1958	19.1 °C	242 mm	36
1957	37.6 °C10 August 1957	3.9 °C19 January 1957	18.9 °C	254 mm	33
1956	40.3 °C22 July 1956	1.7 °C9 February 1956	18.6 °C	178 mm	38
1955	39.5 °C2 August 1955	6.8 °C1 March 1955	19.9 °C	78 mm	35
1954	39.1 °C30 June 1954	4.0 °C7 January 1954	18.7 °C	201 mm	26
1953	36.6 °C30 July 1953	3.3 °C6 January 1953	19.0 °C	245 mm	38
1952	37.6 °C20 August 1952	3.9 °C21 January 1952	19.9 °C	95 mm	88
1951	36.6 °C15 August 1951	4.2 °C1 February 1951	19.1 °C	209 mm	42
1950	36.2 °C20 June 1950	3.5 °C21 January 1950	19.4 °C	186 mm	61
1949	36.2 °C14 September 1949	4.1 °C4 March 1949	19.0 °C	207 mm	27
1948	36.6 °C5 July 1948	4.9 °C21 January 1948	19.2 °C	214 mm	35
1947	37.8 °C11 August 1947	4.4 °C18 December 1947	20.0 °C	138 mm	69
1946	38.3 °C18 August 1946	4.5 °C6 January 1946	19.9 °C	138 mm	67
1945	40.9 °C8 August 1945	2.1 °C8 January 1945	19.3 °C	62 mm	71
1944	37.6 °C22 July 1944	2.6 °C10 January 1944	18.7 °C	89 mm	42
1943	37.2 °C6 July 1943	5.2 °C30 January 1943	19.4 °C	367 mm	66
1942	34.3 °C4 September 1942	1.0 °C4 January 1942	18.8 °C	261 mm	33
1941	39.2 °C12 July 1941	1.9 °C6 January 1941	18.5 °C	123 mm	44
1940	40.3 °C16 July 1940	2.0 °C1 January 1940	18.5 °C	170 mm	46

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.5 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

194 mm

+18 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.3 °C	+1.8 °C	46 mm	+27 mm
Feb	17.4 °C	+0.9 °C	20 mm	+4 mm
Mar	21.1 °C	+2.7 °C	17 mm	-3 mm
Apr	21.6 °C	+1.0 °C	19 mm	+5 mm
May	25.3 °C	+1.4 °C	16 mm	+10 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	+2.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	31.8 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+1.7 °C	8 mm	-14 mm
Oct	26.8 °C	+1.5 °C	24 mm	-8 mm
Nov	21.7 °C	+0.9 °C	11 mm	-10 mm
Dec	17.9 °C	+1.2 °C	32 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.7 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

3 Feb 2025

Wettest day

19.4 mm

19 Dec 2025

Windiest day

41.2 km/h

21 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

11 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.7 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.8 °C

18 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mahires?

Mahires has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 176 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mahires?

The hottest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 41.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mahires?

The coldest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at 1.0 °C.

Does it snow in Mahires?

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

Has the climate of Mahires warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mahires?

The wettest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mahires?

The windiest day measured in Mahires between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 65.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mahires?

The warmest month in Mahires is August (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Mahires?

Mahires receives on average 176 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 31 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mahires?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mahires?

Yes: Mahires has on average 132 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mahires?

In Mahires, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 29 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.3 °C on 9 January 1981.

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