Mateur climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mateur?

Mateur has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 45.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mateur?

The coldest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -1.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mateur?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mateur warmed?

Yes: Mateur warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mateur?

The wettest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mateur?

The windiest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1948, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mateur?

The warmest month in Mateur is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mateur?

Mateur receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mateur?

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

Mateur (Tunisia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 496 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Mateur averages 0 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.

Mateur has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.7 °C (on 24 July 2023) and the coldest -1.5 °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

MateurBizerte Governorate

coords: 37.04°, 9.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BSkCold semi-aridWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

17.9°C

Average daily high

22.5°C

Average daily low

13.9°C

Annual rainfall

496mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

18.6km/h

Seasonal range

15.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

66 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

88 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

22.1 °C

Average feels-like low

13.0 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

67 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °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

45.7 °C

24 July 2023

Coldest day

-1.5 °C

2 January 1942

Wettest day

98 mm

24 October 2021

Windiest day

51.4 km/h

30 January 1948

Strongest gust

109.4 km/h

20 January 1981

Hottest feels-like

47.2 °C

23 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-5.6 °C

2 January 1942

Snowiest day

2.0 cm

8 January 1981

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.4 °C21 July 2025	5.5 °C21 January 2025	19.4 °C	496 mm	95	0
2024	39.9 °C21 July 2024	4.0 °C11 December 2024	19.8 °C	353 mm	91	0
2023	45.7 °C24 July 2023	1.5 °C24 January 2023	19.6 °C	409 mm	99	0
2022	42.5 °C17 August 2022	1.5 °C27 January 2022	19.6 °C	295 mm	118	0
2021	45.5 °C10 August 2021	2.3 °C16 February 2021	19.3 °C	512 mm	99	0
2020	39.3 °C14 August 2020	3.1 °C8 February 2020	18.9 °C	444 mm	71	0
2019	40.5 °C7 August 2019	3.4 °C17 February 2019	18.7 °C	582 mm	81	0
2018	39.5 °C13 July 2018	3.6 °C28 December 2018	18.7 °C	527 mm	69	0
2017	41.4 °C11 July 2017	3.2 °C3 December 2017	18.6 °C	376 mm	79	0
2016	38.1 °C22 July 2016	3.2 °C21 February 2016	19.0 °C	450 mm	68	0
2015	39.2 °C30 July 2015	3.3 °C1 January 2015	19.0 °C	443 mm	96	0
2014	39.7 °C20 July 2014	3.6 °C4 February 2014	19.1 °C	545 mm	89	0
2013	39.3 °C8 August 2013	3.5 °C27 February 2013	18.6 °C	489 mm	63	0
2012	40.5 °C5 August 2012	3.0 °C13 February 2012	19.1 °C	447 mm	86	0
2011	39.8 °C13 July 2011	4.2 °C14 February 2011	18.6 °C	663 mm	63	0
2010	40.4 °C20 August 2010	2.4 °C3 February 2010	18.6 °C	531 mm	66	0
2009	41.1 °C24 July 2009	2.1 °C21 February 2009	18.6 °C	694 mm	84	0
2008	40.1 °C17 June 2008	2.4 °C19 February 2008	18.5 °C	401 mm	72	0
2007	41.9 °C24 June 2007	4.3 °C19 November 2007	18.7 °C	540 mm	71	0
2006	39.6 °C22 June 2006	1.6 °C26 January 2006	18.8 °C	418 mm	81	0
2005	41.5 °C18 July 2005	2.2 °C26 January 2005	18.2 °C	531 mm	61	0
2004	41.1 °C19 August 2004	2.9 °C31 January 2004	18.2 °C	602 mm	69	0
2003	41.7 °C16 July 2003	2.3 °C8 February 2003	19.0 °C	760 mm	93	0
2002	40.6 °C3 August 2002	0.5 °C8 January 2002	18.6 °C	388 mm	67	0
2001	39.5 °C24 July 2001	3.2 °C10 January 2001	18.9 °C	312 mm	80	0
2000	41.3 °C7 July 2000	2.4 °C15 January 2000	18.7 °C	367 mm	75	0
1999	44.4 °C9 August 1999	0.3 °C2 February 1999	19.1 °C	376 mm	103	0
1998	42.8 °C1 July 1998	3.1 °C24 December 1998	18.2 °C	407 mm	72	0
1997	39.9 °C23 July 1997	4.9 °C11 February 1997	18.7 °C	514 mm	73	0
1996	41.1 °C26 July 1996	1.9 °C6 March 1996	17.9 °C	613 mm	53	0
1995	37.5 °C8 August 1995	1.3 °C18 January 1995	18.5 °C	363 mm	70	0
1994	41.5 °C14 August 1994	2.1 °C31 January 1994	19.1 °C	298 mm	91	0
1993	42.3 °C5 July 1993	2.1 °C25 February 1993	18.1 °C	310 mm	75	0
1992	36.1 °C9 August 1992	1.1 °C9 January 1992	17.6 °C	463 mm	63	0
1991	37.6 °C22 July 1991	2.9 °C17 February 1991	17.3 °C	538 mm	67	0
1990	39.3 °C1 July 1990	3.7 °C8 December 1990	18.3 °C	550 mm	74	0
1989	37.7 °C11 August 1989	3.1 °C1 February 1989	18.0 °C	481 mm	48	0
1988	40.9 °C3 August 1988	3.8 °C12 January 1988	18.3 °C	383 mm	62	0
1987	41.0 °C19 July 1987	2.4 °C11 March 1987	18.1 °C	442 mm	76	0
1986	39.2 °C26 July 1986	4.1 °C2 February 1986	17.9 °C	552 mm	58	0
1985	37.4 °C25 August 1985	0.7 °C12 January 1985	17.7 °C	493 mm	51	0
1984	39.2 °C2 July 1984	1.0 °C19 February 1984	17.2 °C	509 mm	52	0
1983	40.5 °C25 July 1983	0.8 °C12 February 1983	17.9 °C	437 mm	55	0
1982	41.2 °C25 June 1982	4.0 °C4 January 1982	18.1 °C	686 mm	70	0
1981	38.1 °C2 July 1981	2.5 °C8 January 1981	17.8 °C	333 mm	56	0
1980	38.4 °C8 July 1980	1.1 °C12 December 1980	16.9 °C	539 mm	46	0
1979	38.5 °C6 August 1979	2.1 °C18 January 1979	17.5 °C	584 mm	46	0
1978	40.0 °C3 August 1978	-0.5 °C16 January 1978	17.2 °C	468 mm	33	1
1977	37.0 °C27 August 1977	2.9 °C21 December 1977	17.9 °C	354 mm	31	0
1976	37.8 °C9 August 1976	3.6 °C4 February 1976	17.0 °C	712 mm	35	0
1975	36.2 °C18 July 1975	3.0 °C1 March 1975	17.2 °C	526 mm	48	0
1974	35.4 °C4 August 1974	2.3 °C23 December 1974	17.1 °C	581 mm	43	0
1973	40.6 °C22 July 1973	3.1 °C17 February 1973	17.4 °C	701 mm	65	0
1972	36.6 °C14 August 1972	3.5 °C16 February 1972	16.9 °C	686 mm	29	0
1971	39.0 °C26 August 1971	3.6 °C6 March 1971	17.1 °C	762 mm	50	0
1970	40.2 °C22 July 1970	2.3 °C1 March 1970	17.7 °C	388 mm	53	0
1969	40.1 °C15 August 1969	1.9 °C6 January 1969	17.3 °C	776 mm	31	0
1968	40.5 °C2 August 1968	3.4 °C14 March 1968	17.9 °C	400 mm	46	0
1967	40.3 °C10 August 1967	1.4 °C11 February 1967	17.8 °C	415 mm	61	0
1966	39.5 °C4 August 1966	3.6 °C19 March 1966	17.8 °C	556 mm	54	0
1965	40.1 °C22 July 1965	1.7 °C21 February 1965	17.5 °C	542 mm	58	0
1964	40.4 °C22 August 1964	2.3 °C26 January 1964	17.4 °C	522 mm	59	0
1963	38.0 °C14 August 1963	-0.6 °C4 March 1963	17.0 °C	594 mm	57	1
1962	41.7 °C11 July 1962	1.7 °C31 January 1962	17.1 °C	452 mm	53	0
1961	35.8 °C7 September 1961	3.4 °C20 January 1961	17.6 °C	437 mm	46	0
1960	37.8 °C17 August 1960	3.3 °C8 January 1960	17.6 °C	414 mm	50	0
1959	37.3 °C29 July 1959	1.4 °C19 January 1959	17.2 °C	468 mm	43	0
1958	38.1 °C19 August 1958	2.6 °C25 January 1958	17.4 °C	530 mm	53	0
1957	41.4 °C12 August 1957	0.8 °C20 January 1957	16.9 °C	529 mm	37	0
1956	38.6 °C27 August 1956	0.8 °C9 February 1956	16.4 °C	537 mm	48	0
1955	37.0 °C25 July 1955	1.9 °C10 March 1955	17.7 °C	621 mm	49	0
1954	37.5 °C14 August 1954	2.2 °C6 January 1954	16.9 °C	520 mm	42	0
1953	39.8 °C18 July 1953	-1.2 °C23 January 1953	16.9 °C	680 mm	49	1
1952	37.3 °C12 June 1952	2.4 °C19 February 1952	18.1 °C	436 mm	92	0
1951	40.1 °C7 August 1951	2.4 °C15 December 1951	17.3 °C	393 mm	54	0
1950	40.3 °C2 August 1950	2.0 °C2 February 1950	17.4 °C	479 mm	75	0
1949	39.0 °C13 September 1949	1.5 °C29 January 1949	17.3 °C	548 mm	73	0
1948	38.7 °C21 July 1948	3.0 °C20 December 1948	17.4 °C	616 mm	57	0
1947	41.1 °C8 July 1947	2.0 °C18 December 1947	18.5 °C	363 mm	95	0
1946	42.9 °C4 September 1946	2.2 °C2 February 1946	18.2 °C	455 mm	104	0
1945	44.3 °C18 August 1945	-0.3 °C12 January 1945	17.8 °C	307 mm	106	1
1944	42.1 °C21 July 1944	0.9 °C10 January 1944	17.0 °C	541 mm	82	0
1943	41.6 °C3 July 1943	2.3 °C2 January 1943	17.6 °C	438 mm	92	0
1942	38.4 °C3 August 1942	-1.5 °C2 January 1942	17.2 °C	458 mm	84	4
1941	39.8 °C19 August 1941	0.3 °C30 December 1941	16.5 °C	446 mm	65	0
1940	41.0 °C15 July 1940	0.5 °C16 February 1940	16.3 °C	521 mm	65	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

496 mm

-0 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	16.8 °C	+2.4 °C	71 mm	+12 mm
Feb	16.6 °C	+1.6 °C	54 mm	-5 mm
Mar	19.0 °C	+2.0 °C	52 mm	-7 mm
Apr	21.0 °C	+1.3 °C	71 mm	+18 mm
May	24.6 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	+25 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	+3.3 °C	4 mm	-9 mm
Jul	33.4 °C	+1.7 °C	8 mm	+4 mm
Aug	32.4 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	-5 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.4 °C	56 mm	+18 mm
Oct	25.8 °C	+1.5 °C	26 mm	-30 mm
Nov	20.4 °C	+1.0 °C	45 mm	-6 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	+1.4 °C	49 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.4 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

5.5 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.4 mm

10 Sep 2025

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

71.3 km/h

22 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

24 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.4 °C

22 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

25 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mateur?

Mateur has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 496 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mateur?

The hottest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2023, reaching 45.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mateur?

The coldest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -1.5 °C.

Does it snow in Mateur?

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

Has the climate of Mateur warmed?

Yes: Mateur warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mateur?

The wettest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mateur?

The windiest day measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1948, with winds reaching 51.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mateur?

The warmest month in Mateur is August (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Mateur?

Mateur receives on average 496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mateur?

Mateur 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 Mateur?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mateur between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1981, with 2.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Mateur?

Yes: Mateur has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mateur?

In Mateur, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 2 January 1942.

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