Sfax climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sfax?

Sfax has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 193 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sfax?

The coldest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at 1.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sfax?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sfax warmed?

Yes: Sfax warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sfax?

The wettest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sfax?

The windiest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 64.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sfax?

The warmest month in Sfax is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sfax?

Sfax receives on average 193 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sfax?

Sfax gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sfax (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 193 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 (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Sfax averages 0 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 34 rainy days per year.

Sfax has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 25 July 2023) and the coldest 1.7 °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

SfaxSfax Governorate

coords: 34.74°, 10.76°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

22.9°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

193mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

25.3km/h

Seasonal range

15.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

51 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

34 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

38.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

129 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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

44.0 °C

25 July 2023

Coldest day

1.7 °C

3 January 1942

Wettest day

94 mm

26 September 1969

Windiest day

64.4 km/h

12 December 1967

Strongest gust

94.7 km/h

12 December 1967

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

12 July 2012

Coldest feels-like

-5.8 °C

9 January 1981

Sunniest day

13.7 h

21 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.2 °C21 July 2025	7.9 °C1 December 2025	21.3 °C	213 mm	98
2024	37.9 °C1 July 2024	8.1 °C9 January 2024	21.5 °C	155 mm	87
2023	44.0 °C25 July 2023	6.0 °C23 January 2023	21.4 °C	155 mm	89
2022	39.0 °C18 August 2022	6.1 °C28 January 2022	21.5 °C	99 mm	111
2021	41.8 °C11 August 2021	5.8 °C4 January 2021	21.0 °C	88 mm	92
2020	38.3 °C6 May 2020	7.4 °C28 December 2020	20.8 °C	160 mm	70
2019	39.7 °C24 June 2019	6.7 °C5 January 2019	20.5 °C	172 mm	73
2018	39.0 °C14 July 2018	7.6 °C11 February 2018	20.7 °C	211 mm	62
2017	40.5 °C28 June 2017	5.6 °C18 January 2017	20.3 °C	99 mm	71
2016	38.9 °C16 June 2016	7.9 °C27 January 2016	20.9 °C	168 mm	70
2015	37.1 °C31 July 2015	4.9 °C1 January 2015	20.5 °C	165 mm	75
2014	37.3 °C13 August 2014	5.6 °C31 December 2014	20.9 °C	119 mm	69
2013	36.8 °C26 August 2013	7.0 °C15 February 2013	20.5 °C	187 mm	49
2012	42.7 °C12 July 2012	4.1 °C8 February 2012	20.7 °C	242 mm	84
2011	35.9 °C17 July 2011	6.9 °C1 March 2011	20.3 °C	110 mm	65
2010	36.6 °C14 August 2010	5.7 °C10 January 2010	20.7 °C	137 mm	58
2009	38.5 °C25 July 2009	5.6 °C16 February 2009	20.4 °C	205 mm	70
2008	37.3 °C4 July 2008	6.9 °C24 December 2008	20.4 °C	159 mm	67
2007	40.0 °C21 August 2007	5.9 °C18 December 2007	20.5 °C	234 mm	47
2006	37.9 °C23 June 2006	5.8 °C26 January 2006	20.5 °C	208 mm	61
2005	36.6 °C19 July 2005	4.1 °C27 January 2005	19.9 °C	197 mm	48
2004	36.2 °C10 August 2004	6.0 °C28 December 2004	20.3 °C	124 mm	63
2003	42.9 °C30 June 2003	5.9 °C1 February 2003	20.7 °C	292 mm	94
2002	38.4 °C6 August 2002	6.3 °C6 January 2002	20.4 °C	140 mm	52
2001	38.1 °C20 August 2001	7.0 °C11 January 2001	20.6 °C	106 mm	65
2000	38.3 °C18 July 2000	5.9 °C10 January 2000	20.3 °C	91 mm	51
1999	41.6 °C8 August 1999	2.4 °C1 February 1999	20.4 °C	225 mm	80
1998	39.6 °C3 July 1998	6.0 °C24 December 1998	19.9 °C	136 mm	63
1997	41.1 °C13 June 1997	7.8 °C30 December 1997	20.0 °C	265 mm	37
1996	41.6 °C30 July 1996	4.4 °C28 December 1996	19.7 °C	181 mm	42
1995	38.5 °C27 June 1995	5.3 °C14 January 1995	19.8 °C	295 mm	48
1994	40.0 °C16 August 1994	5.4 °C31 January 1994	20.4 °C	128 mm	65
1993	41.2 °C5 July 1993	4.9 °C25 February 1993	19.6 °C	107 mm	45
1992	35.3 °C29 August 1992	5.7 °C30 December 1992	19.2 °C	259 mm	40
1991	34.6 °C23 July 1991	5.6 °C16 February 1991	19.2 °C	151 mm	48
1990	36.1 °C24 September 1990	6.4 °C16 December 1990	20.1 °C	342 mm	54
1989	40.2 °C7 August 1989	7.0 °C12 January 1989	19.9 °C	114 mm	44
1988	38.7 °C2 September 1988	6.3 °C27 February 1988	19.9 °C	138 mm	53
1987	37.3 °C10 August 1987	5.1 °C21 January 1987	19.7 °C	141 mm	60
1986	34.9 °C14 August 1986	4.4 °C12 February 1986	19.5 °C	178 mm	44
1985	35.4 °C15 June 1985	4.1 °C10 January 1985	19.5 °C	116 mm	45
1984	39.6 °C26 July 1984	5.5 °C17 February 1984	18.9 °C	221 mm	31
1983	39.1 °C17 September 1983	5.5 °C14 January 1983	19.3 °C	151 mm	46
1982	40.0 °C1 August 1982	5.7 °C24 December 1982	19.8 °C	246 mm	64
1981	33.7 °C18 July 1981	3.1 °C9 January 1981	19.2 °C	117 mm	27
1980	39.4 °C9 July 1980	4.9 °C2 December 1980	18.8 °C	258 mm	29
1979	40.2 °C6 August 1979	5.6 °C17 January 1979	19.2 °C	171 mm	30
1978	37.7 °C4 August 1978	5.1 °C16 January 1978	18.8 °C	164 mm	22
1977	35.9 °C19 September 1977	6.8 °C14 January 1977	19.5 °C	180 mm	14
1976	38.0 °C16 August 1976	4.7 °C28 January 1976	18.5 °C	351 mm	14
1975	34.4 °C24 July 1975	6.0 °C7 January 1975	19.0 °C	274 mm	37
1974	33.1 °C3 September 1974	6.9 °C6 March 1974	18.8 °C	177 mm	23
1973	37.8 °C22 July 1973	4.5 °C1 March 1973	18.8 °C	364 mm	45
1972	35.1 °C7 July 1972	6.3 °C23 January 1972	18.6 °C	336 mm	17
1971	38.7 °C4 August 1971	4.6 °C3 March 1971	18.7 °C	256 mm	43
1970	37.9 °C22 July 1970	5.5 °C1 March 1970	19.3 °C	117 mm	32
1969	36.6 °C16 August 1969	5.3 °C12 February 1969	18.9 °C	565 mm	16
1968	39.8 °C2 August 1968	6.2 °C29 December 1968	19.4 °C	223 mm	39
1967	39.2 °C9 August 1967	5.2 °C23 December 1967	19.2 °C	166 mm	51
1966	38.3 °C23 June 1966	5.4 °C9 January 1966	19.6 °C	134 mm	37
1965	40.5 °C1 August 1965	4.6 °C10 February 1965	19.0 °C	167 mm	41
1964	38.2 °C22 August 1964	5.3 °C16 January 1964	19.2 °C	276 mm	50
1963	33.2 °C11 July 1963	3.2 °C24 January 1963	19.1 °C	204 mm	38
1962	41.3 °C12 July 1962	3.2 °C1 February 1962	19.1 °C	221 mm	35
1961	37.6 °C13 July 1961	6.1 °C19 December 1961	19.5 °C	85 mm	30
1960	42.6 °C12 August 1960	4.1 °C16 January 1960	19.4 °C	93 mm	33
1959	37.2 °C30 August 1959	5.7 °C19 January 1959	18.8 °C	194 mm	34
1958	39.1 °C21 June 1958	4.6 °C26 January 1958	18.9 °C	258 mm	28
1957	39.4 °C10 August 1957	4.1 °C20 January 1957	18.6 °C	273 mm	30
1956	40.7 °C21 July 1956	2.6 °C9 February 1956	18.4 °C	234 mm	39
1955	40.0 °C26 July 1955	6.7 °C1 March 1955	19.6 °C	143 mm	38
1954	40.3 °C30 June 1954	4.1 °C3 February 1954	18.5 °C	215 mm	26
1953	37.6 °C30 July 1953	3.9 °C22 January 1953	18.8 °C	208 mm	37
1952	39.1 °C12 June 1952	4.1 °C21 January 1952	19.7 °C	99 mm	86
1951	36.4 °C7 August 1951	4.8 °C8 January 1951	18.9 °C	213 mm	38
1950	36.3 °C20 June 1950	4.5 °C21 January 1950	19.1 °C	214 mm	53
1949	37.1 °C14 September 1949	4.2 °C5 March 1949	18.8 °C	210 mm	29
1948	38.6 °C5 July 1948	5.4 °C21 January 1948	19.0 °C	252 mm	31
1947	37.4 °C11 August 1947	4.5 °C18 December 1947	19.8 °C	166 mm	70
1946	39.9 °C18 August 1946	5.1 °C6 January 1946	19.7 °C	164 mm	72
1945	41.7 °C19 August 1945	2.9 °C2 January 1945	19.2 °C	81 mm	73
1944	37.9 °C22 July 1944	3.3 °C10 January 1944	18.5 °C	107 mm	53
1943	38.9 °C6 July 1943	6.1 °C31 January 1943	19.1 °C	413 mm	66
1942	34.7 °C4 September 1942	1.7 °C3 January 1942	18.6 °C	244 mm	36
1941	41.2 °C12 July 1941	1.8 °C4 January 1941	18.3 °C	171 mm	52
1940	43.1 °C16 July 1940	2.4 °C1 January 1940	18.3 °C	190 mm	49

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)

98 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

213 mm

+20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.2 °C	+1.7 °C	45 mm	+26 mm
Feb	17.3 °C	+0.9 °C	24 mm	+5 mm
Mar	21.0 °C	+2.7 °C	20 mm	-2 mm
Apr	21.4 °C	+0.9 °C	33 mm	+15 mm
May	25.5 °C	+1.7 °C	20 mm	+12 mm
Jun	30.3 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jul	33.5 °C	+3.0 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	31.7 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.7 °C	8 mm	-16 mm
Oct	26.5 °C	+1.4 °C	23 mm	-10 mm
Nov	21.5 °C	+0.8 °C	9 mm	-12 mm
Dec	17.9 °C	+1.2 °C	28 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.2 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

7.9 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

18.5 mm

18 Oct 2025

Windiest day

40.5 km/h

25 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

11 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

28 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

14 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sfax?

Sfax has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 193 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sfax?

The hottest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2023, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sfax?

The coldest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at 1.7 °C.

Does it snow in Sfax?

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

Has the climate of Sfax warmed?

Yes: Sfax warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sfax?

The wettest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sfax?

The windiest day measured in Sfax between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1967, with winds reaching 64.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sfax?

The warmest month in Sfax is August (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Sfax?

Sfax receives on average 193 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sfax?

Sfax gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Sfax?

Yes: Sfax has on average 129 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sfax?

In Sfax, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 12 July 2012, and the lowest was -5.8 °C on 9 January 1981.

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