Nefta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nefta?

Nefta has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 90 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2024, reaching 49.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nefta?

The coldest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -4.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nefta?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nefta warmed?

Yes: Nefta warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nefta?

The wettest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1969, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nefta?

The windiest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 67.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nefta?

The warmest month in Nefta is July (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nefta?

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

Q: Is it sunny in Nefta?

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

Nefta (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °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 (33.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (10.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Nefta averages 1 frost days, 158 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 18 rainy days per year.

Nefta has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °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 49.8 °C (on 1 July 2024) and the coldest -4.9 °C (on 6 January 1941).

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

NeftaTozeur Governorate

coords: 33.87°, 7.88°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.8°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

90mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

47%

Average peak wind

21.3km/h

Seasonal range

22.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

158 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

18 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.1 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

141 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.5 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

49.8 °C

1 July 2024

Coldest day

-4.9 °C

6 January 1941

Wettest day

73 mm

28 September 1969

Windiest day

67.4 km/h

26 March 1963

Strongest gust

116.3 km/h

26 March 1963

Hottest feels-like

49.1 °C

9 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-8.6 °C

6 January 1941

Sunniest day

13.2 h

25 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	47.3 °C22 July 2025	3.5 °C30 November 2025	23.7 °C	105 mm	177	0
2024	49.8 °C1 July 2024	3.8 °C9 January 2024	24.3 °C	74 mm	180	0
2023	49.1 °C30 July 2023	0.5 °C24 January 2023	23.7 °C	67 mm	190	0
2022	48.4 °C2 July 2022	1.3 °C20 January 2022	23.9 °C	38 mm	174	0
2021	48.1 °C1 July 2021	0.5 °C4 January 2021	24.0 °C	28 mm	172	0
2020	46.3 °C17 August 2020	1.4 °C4 January 2020	23.5 °C	56 mm	173	0
2019	48.7 °C14 July 2019	2.9 °C12 January 2019	23.2 °C	54 mm	170	0
2018	49.1 °C5 July 2018	2.5 °C8 February 2018	23.1 °C	62 mm	166	0
2017	47.5 °C13 July 2017	1.6 °C4 January 2017	22.8 °C	106 mm	167	0
2016	46.9 °C15 June 2016	3.7 °C18 January 2016	23.7 °C	84 mm	194	0
2015	46.3 °C2 August 2015	2.2 °C8 January 2015	23.0 °C	77 mm	178	0
2014	46.7 °C4 July 2014	2.5 °C22 January 2014	23.6 °C	64 mm	179	0
2013	46.3 °C21 July 2013	2.3 °C25 November 2013	23.2 °C	47 mm	192	0
2012	47.3 °C12 July 2012	1.0 °C9 February 2012	23.5 °C	51 mm	191	0
2011	48.2 °C22 July 2011	1.4 °C1 January 2011	22.8 °C	79 mm	151	0
2010	48.1 °C23 July 2010	2.5 °C29 December 2010	23.2 °C	80 mm	166	0
2009	47.0 °C16 August 2009	4.0 °C17 February 2009	22.5 °C	209 mm	151	0
2008	47.9 °C8 July 2008	2.9 °C5 December 2008	23.1 °C	61 mm	169	0
2007	47.8 °C19 June 2007	-0.7 °C18 December 2007	22.9 °C	82 mm	163	1
2006	47.8 °C28 June 2006	0.5 °C7 January 2006	23.0 °C	108 mm	177	0
2005	48.5 °C26 July 2005	0.1 °C27 January 2005	22.9 °C	51 mm	184	0
2004	48.2 °C10 August 2004	1.1 °C8 January 2004	22.7 °C	117 mm	165	0
2003	48.4 °C3 July 2003	2.3 °C27 December 2003	23.2 °C	156 mm	176	0
2002	46.3 °C24 July 2002	1.4 °C7 January 2002	23.1 °C	60 mm	166	0
2001	46.9 °C7 July 2001	1.6 °C11 January 2001	23.6 °C	28 mm	187	0
2000	45.3 °C18 July 2000	1.0 °C10 January 2000	22.8 °C	23 mm	164	0
1999	47.2 °C9 August 1999	0.5 °C2 February 1999	23.7 °C	85 mm	183	0
1998	45.8 °C1 July 1998	3.0 °C23 January 1998	22.5 °C	69 mm	155	0
1997	47.9 °C23 July 1997	3.9 °C5 January 1997	22.8 °C	88 mm	159	0
1996	47.7 °C7 July 1996	2.7 °C28 December 1996	22.0 °C	100 mm	151	0
1995	45.7 °C10 August 1995	0.8 °C17 January 1995	22.4 °C	88 mm	147	0
1994	45.4 °C18 August 1994	1.9 °C3 February 1994	23.0 °C	89 mm	158	0
1993	47.4 °C4 July 1993	1.9 °C5 January 1993	22.2 °C	58 mm	168	0
1992	43.1 °C29 August 1992	1.5 °C1 January 1992	21.6 °C	113 mm	164	0
1991	45.5 °C26 July 1991	1.9 °C17 January 1991	21.4 °C	51 mm	147	0
1990	44.1 °C20 June 1990	2.8 °C16 December 1990	22.5 °C	256 mm	163	0
1989	45.5 °C6 August 1989	2.1 °C7 January 1989	22.7 °C	28 mm	155	0
1988	47.1 °C5 July 1988	2.0 °C26 December 1988	22.8 °C	75 mm	167	0
1987	47.6 °C14 June 1987	1.7 °C2 January 1987	22.6 °C	55 mm	169	0
1986	43.3 °C28 July 1986	2.7 °C13 February 1986	22.2 °C	94 mm	155	0
1985	45.5 °C19 June 1985	0.5 °C10 January 1985	22.2 °C	75 mm	155	0
1984	44.7 °C13 August 1984	2.4 °C19 January 1984	21.3 °C	110 mm	147	0
1983	44.5 °C9 August 1983	0.1 °C25 January 1983	22.1 °C	36 mm	166	0
1982	45.9 °C24 June 1982	2.8 °C30 December 1982	22.1 °C	113 mm	153	0
1981	48.1 °C3 July 1981	0.4 °C30 January 1981	22.1 °C	52 mm	182	0
1980	46.6 °C27 June 1980	-2.4 °C15 December 1980	20.9 °C	141 mm	143	1
1979	45.7 °C6 August 1979	3.1 °C30 November 1979	21.6 °C	96 mm	147	0
1978	45.5 °C7 August 1978	0.7 °C9 January 1978	21.2 °C	117 mm	137	0
1977	45.3 °C10 July 1977	3.0 °C21 December 1977	22.0 °C	150 mm	148	0
1976	43.4 °C16 August 1976	1.2 °C30 January 1976	20.6 °C	183 mm	139	0
1975	44.9 °C11 July 1975	1.3 °C8 January 1975	21.1 °C	151 mm	151	0
1974	45.7 °C26 June 1974	1.4 °C25 December 1974	20.9 °C	95 mm	145	0
1973	46.6 °C17 July 1973	2.1 °C2 March 1973	21.5 °C	209 mm	163	0
1972	45.5 °C28 July 1972	1.1 °C16 January 1972	21.0 °C	148 mm	132	0
1971	45.0 °C24 June 1971	1.2 °C11 January 1971	21.2 °C	71 mm	143	0
1970	45.6 °C9 August 1970	2.1 °C18 February 1970	21.5 °C	65 mm	156	0
1969	43.1 °C16 August 1969	1.9 °C11 December 1969	21.0 °C	263 mm	139	0
1968	44.8 °C2 August 1968	2.1 °C8 February 1968	21.6 °C	78 mm	142	0
1967	44.6 °C8 July 1967	-0.7 °C18 January 1967	21.3 °C	63 mm	150	2
1966	45.3 °C13 June 1966	0.8 °C8 January 1966	21.5 °C	82 mm	143	0
1965	46.5 °C1 August 1965	1.0 °C11 February 1965	21.1 °C	127 mm	138	0
1964	43.8 °C15 August 1964	0.5 °C13 February 1964	21.0 °C	113 mm	159	0
1963	43.6 °C3 July 1963	-0.7 °C28 January 1963	20.9 °C	124 mm	127	3
1962	46.5 °C12 July 1962	-0.1 °C1 February 1962	21.0 °C	77 mm	142	1
1961	44.0 °C22 July 1961	1.2 °C8 January 1961	21.4 °C	37 mm	155	0
1960	47.5 °C2 July 1960	0.8 °C20 January 1960	21.5 °C	61 mm	155	0
1959	43.8 °C5 August 1959	-0.4 °C20 January 1959	21.0 °C	41 mm	140	1
1958	44.8 °C26 June 1958	1.3 °C25 January 1958	21.2 °C	122 mm	153	0
1957	44.3 °C24 June 1957	-2.1 °C19 January 1957	20.4 °C	177 mm	131	5
1956	45.4 °C21 July 1956	-1.7 °C4 February 1956	20.1 °C	51 mm	142	2
1955	46.6 °C2 August 1955	1.7 °C1 January 1955	21.4 °C	67 mm	144	0
1954	46.1 °C30 June 1954	-0.2 °C12 January 1954	20.3 °C	48 mm	141	1
1953	43.0 °C29 June 1953	-1.3 °C18 January 1953	20.4 °C	107 mm	153	4
1952	45.1 °C16 June 1952	-1.0 °C11 January 1952	21.6 °C	69 mm	157	2
1951	43.7 °C26 June 1951	-0.6 °C16 December 1951	20.5 °C	85 mm	149	2
1950	43.6 °C21 June 1950	0.3 °C21 January 1950	20.9 °C	79 mm	151	0
1949	42.8 °C15 June 1949	-1.2 °C6 February 1949	20.6 °C	117 mm	144	5
1948	42.7 °C9 August 1948	0.6 °C2 January 1948	20.8 °C	59 mm	154	0
1947	44.4 °C9 July 1947	-1.8 °C26 December 1947	21.6 °C	80 mm	158	6
1946	44.1 °C11 August 1946	-1.0 °C22 December 1946	21.5 °C	16 mm	171	4
1945	47.9 °C8 August 1945	-1.9 °C18 December 1945	21.0 °C	39 mm	151	8
1944	44.2 °C22 July 1944	-3.4 °C11 January 1944	20.1 °C	54 mm	153	4
1943	45.1 °C27 July 1943	0.4 °C31 January 1943	20.5 °C	293 mm	148	0
1942	44.6 °C13 July 1942	-4.7 °C2 January 1942	20.7 °C	108 mm	161	12
1941	46.5 °C3 August 1941	-4.9 °C6 January 1941	20.2 °C	46 mm	147	19
1940	45.4 °C7 July 1940	-3.7 °C1 January 1940	20.2 °C	32 mm	158	17

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.4 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

105 mm

+15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	19.0 °C	+2.9 °C	2 mm	-10 mm
Feb	19.3 °C	+0.7 °C	27 mm	+19 mm
Mar	25.9 °C	+3.4 °C	7 mm	-6 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	+1.6 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
May	32.7 °C	+0.8 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Jun	38.9 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	41.7 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	40.0 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	36.1 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-7 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+1.1 °C	18 mm	+6 mm
Nov	22.6 °C	+0.9 °C	8 mm	-2 mm
Dec	17.8 °C	+1.0 °C	33 mm	+21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

47.3 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest day

3.5 °C

30 Nov 2025

Wettest day

23.9 mm

7 Feb 2025

Windiest day

46.5 km/h

14 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.7 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.2 °C

30 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.1 h

15 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nefta?

Nefta has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 90 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nefta?

The hottest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2024, reaching 49.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nefta?

The coldest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1941, at -4.9 °C.

Does it snow in Nefta?

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

Has the climate of Nefta warmed?

Yes: Nefta warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nefta?

The wettest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1969, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nefta?

The windiest day measured in Nefta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1963, with winds reaching 67.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nefta?

The warmest month in Nefta is July (33.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (10.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Nefta?

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

Is it sunny in Nefta?

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

Are there tropical nights in Nefta?

Yes: Nefta has on average 141 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nefta?

In Nefta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.1 °C on 9 July 2023, and the lowest was -8.6 °C on 6 January 1941.

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