Sidi Bouzid climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 231 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Bouzid?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 46.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -3.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sidi Bouzid?

Almost never: Sidi Bouzid sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Sidi Bouzid warmed?

Yes: Sidi Bouzid warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1997, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sidi Bouzid?

The warmest month in Sidi Bouzid is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid receives on average 231 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Sidi Bouzid (Tunisia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 231 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Sidi Bouzid averages 2 frost days, 113 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 43 rainy days per year.

Sidi Bouzid has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.8 °C (on 29 July 2023) and the coldest -3.4 °C (on 9 February 1956).

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

Sidi BouzidSidi Bouzid Governorate

coords: 35.04°, 9.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

24.8°C

Average daily low

13.1°C

Annual rainfall

231mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

18.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

113 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

43 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.1 cm

Average feels-like high

23.5 °C

Average feels-like low

11.8 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

70 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

46.8 °C

29 July 2023

Coldest day

-3.4 °C

9 February 1956

Wettest day

86 mm

26 September 1969

Windiest day

48.1 km/h

21 April 1997

Strongest gust

96.8 km/h

21 April 1997

Hottest feels-like

46.9 °C

9 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-8.0 °C

18 February 1942

Snowiest day

7.3 cm

16 January 1987

Sunniest day

13.5 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.4 °C21 July 2025	2.9 °C1 December 2025	20.3 °C	242 mm	131	0
2024	45.6 °C1 July 2024	2.8 °C31 January 2024	21.1 °C	122 mm	144	0
2023	46.8 °C29 July 2023	-1.0 °C24 January 2023	20.6 °C	200 mm	137	1
2022	43.9 °C1 July 2022	0.4 °C28 January 2022	20.7 °C	144 mm	144	0
2021	45.8 °C4 July 2021	-0.2 °C16 February 2021	20.7 °C	100 mm	142	1
2020	42.7 °C2 July 2020	0.4 °C7 February 2020	19.9 °C	253 mm	118	0
2019	44.1 °C8 August 2019	1.4 °C17 February 2019	19.6 °C	201 mm	122	0
2018	44.4 °C14 July 2018	1.9 °C28 December 2018	19.5 °C	266 mm	112	0
2017	45.5 °C12 July 2017	-0.6 °C19 January 2017	19.5 °C	172 mm	124	1
2016	42.6 °C16 June 2016	1.8 °C29 January 2016	20.1 °C	218 mm	129	0
2015	42.7 °C1 August 2015	1.0 °C1 January 2015	19.6 °C	201 mm	131	0
2014	42.8 °C13 August 2014	2.0 °C5 February 2014	19.9 °C	249 mm	136	0
2013	40.7 °C21 July 2013	0.7 °C26 February 2013	19.5 °C	286 mm	124	0
2012	45.2 °C12 July 2012	0.6 °C8 February 2012	20.0 °C	206 mm	136	0
2011	42.9 °C12 July 2011	1.2 °C23 January 2011	19.2 °C	252 mm	121	0
2010	44.2 °C23 July 2010	1.3 °C3 February 2010	19.9 °C	224 mm	127	0
2009	43.6 °C25 July 2009	0.6 °C21 December 2009	19.3 °C	341 mm	120	0
2008	44.2 °C8 July 2008	1.0 °C18 February 2008	19.6 °C	193 mm	126	0
2007	43.9 °C20 June 2007	-0.1 °C19 December 2007	19.4 °C	248 mm	120	1
2006	43.6 °C28 June 2006	-0.1 °C16 January 2006	19.7 °C	197 mm	133	1
2005	45.0 °C2 August 2005	0.2 °C27 January 2005	19.2 °C	211 mm	119	0
2004	43.2 °C10 August 2004	1.8 °C7 January 2004	19.2 °C	222 mm	120	0
2003	45.3 °C17 July 2003	0.2 °C8 February 2003	19.6 °C	398 mm	125	0
2002	43.8 °C24 July 2002	-1.6 °C7 January 2002	19.6 °C	207 mm	120	2
2001	43.5 °C20 August 2001	1.5 °C11 January 2001	20.2 °C	146 mm	135	0
2000	42.5 °C26 August 2000	-0.4 °C10 January 2000	19.5 °C	147 mm	121	1
1999	44.8 °C10 August 1999	-1.3 °C2 February 1999	19.9 °C	240 mm	151	3
1998	43.5 °C1 July 1998	1.2 °C24 December 1998	19.2 °C	174 mm	112	0
1997	44.5 °C24 July 1997	3.0 °C2 March 1997	19.2 °C	269 mm	113	0
1996	44.6 °C7 July 1996	-0.6 °C28 December 1996	18.7 °C	250 mm	100	1
1995	42.3 °C27 June 1995	-0.9 °C17 January 1995	19.0 °C	237 mm	110	1
1994	43.9 °C17 August 1994	0.8 °C31 January 1994	19.8 °C	138 mm	123	0
1993	44.3 °C6 July 1993	0.9 °C18 February 1993	18.7 °C	137 mm	128	0
1992	38.8 °C24 August 1992	-0.8 °C5 January 1992	18.0 °C	383 mm	107	1
1991	41.9 °C23 July 1991	0.5 °C31 December 1991	17.9 °C	263 mm	98	0
1990	40.5 °C1 July 1990	1.4 °C16 December 1990	18.9 °C	436 mm	121	0
1989	42.7 °C7 August 1989	2.2 °C12 January 1989	19.0 °C	146 mm	97	0
1988	43.5 °C8 July 1988	0.8 °C16 February 1988	19.5 °C	161 mm	119	0
1987	43.8 °C13 August 1987	-1.0 °C21 January 1987	19.2 °C	179 mm	124	1
1986	41.0 °C25 July 1986	0.5 °C12 February 1986	18.6 °C	241 mm	103	0
1985	42.9 °C5 July 1985	-0.9 °C11 January 1985	19.0 °C	151 mm	112	2
1984	42.9 °C26 July 1984	0.3 °C19 February 1984	18.0 °C	282 mm	106	0
1983	41.7 °C24 July 1983	-0.3 °C20 February 1983	18.8 °C	124 mm	119	2
1982	42.9 °C26 June 1982	2.0 °C24 December 1982	18.9 °C	299 mm	102	0
1981	43.3 °C3 July 1981	0.1 °C8 January 1981	18.6 °C	149 mm	128	0
1980	43.0 °C9 July 1980	-2.3 °C11 December 1980	17.8 °C	308 mm	102	6
1979	45.1 °C6 August 1979	0.4 °C17 January 1979	18.2 °C	255 mm	96	0
1978	42.5 °C7 August 1978	-1.9 °C14 January 1978	18.1 °C	186 mm	92	2
1977	41.3 °C14 July 1977	0.3 °C20 December 1977	18.8 °C	176 mm	96	0
1976	41.0 °C16 August 1976	0.1 °C17 February 1976	17.2 °C	451 mm	85	0
1975	42.5 °C30 June 1975	-0.1 °C7 January 1975	17.9 °C	261 mm	96	1
1974	39.3 °C8 August 1974	0.1 °C23 December 1974	17.8 °C	202 mm	109	0
1973	44.0 °C22 July 1973	-0.4 °C2 March 1973	17.8 °C	496 mm	122	1
1972	40.1 °C7 July 1972	0.8 °C16 February 1972	17.2 °C	401 mm	84	0
1971	40.8 °C18 July 1971	-0.3 °C3 March 1971	17.3 °C	282 mm	97	1
1970	42.1 °C7 August 1970	-0.6 °C1 March 1970	17.9 °C	170 mm	100	2
1969	39.8 °C15 August 1969	0.8 °C12 February 1969	17.5 °C	543 mm	75	0
1968	43.4 °C2 August 1968	2.4 °C15 January 1968	18.2 °C	214 mm	91	0
1967	41.6 °C9 August 1967	-0.9 °C23 December 1967	18.0 °C	192 mm	97	1
1966	42.5 °C23 June 1966	-0.5 °C8 January 1966	18.6 °C	183 mm	105	1
1965	45.1 °C1 August 1965	-1.0 °C21 February 1965	18.0 °C	191 mm	86	2
1964	43.2 °C18 August 1964	-1.1 °C10 January 1964	17.9 °C	246 mm	116	3
1963	40.3 °C2 July 1963	-3.0 °C4 March 1963	17.7 °C	320 mm	87	4
1962	44.4 °C12 July 1962	0.2 °C1 February 1962	17.6 °C	252 mm	87	0
1961	41.7 °C13 July 1961	2.4 °C12 March 1961	18.5 °C	130 mm	105	0
1960	45.0 °C18 August 1960	0.9 °C14 January 1960	18.4 °C	165 mm	98	0
1959	42.2 °C31 July 1959	0.9 °C31 January 1959	17.6 °C	240 mm	90	0
1958	40.4 °C26 June 1958	-0.1 °C13 March 1958	18.3 °C	173 mm	104	1
1957	42.0 °C9 August 1957	-3.3 °C19 January 1957	17.3 °C	373 mm	84	7
1956	42.3 °C21 July 1956	-3.4 °C9 February 1956	17.2 °C	176 mm	110	11
1955	42.6 °C2 August 1955	2.2 °C28 November 1955	18.6 °C	166 mm	105	0
1954	42.9 °C30 June 1954	0.2 °C3 February 1954	17.5 °C	146 mm	100	0
1953	40.9 °C30 July 1953	-1.6 °C18 January 1953	17.5 °C	235 mm	104	3
1952	42.2 °C16 June 1952	-1.2 °C18 February 1952	18.8 °C	151 mm	127	2
1951	42.3 °C17 August 1951	-0.4 °C1 January 1951	17.9 °C	167 mm	113	2
1950	41.3 °C21 June 1950	-1.1 °C21 January 1950	17.8 °C	249 mm	118	4
1949	39.7 °C18 July 1949	-0.9 °C8 March 1949	17.3 °C	304 mm	114	4
1948	39.9 °C5 July 1948	0.3 °C21 January 1948	17.8 °C	257 mm	105	0
1947	42.2 °C11 August 1947	0.6 °C18 December 1947	18.8 °C	229 mm	130	0
1946	42.4 °C21 July 1946	-0.4 °C8 January 1946	18.7 °C	130 mm	131	3
1945	44.3 °C8 August 1945	-1.5 °C23 February 1945	18.1 °C	112 mm	129	8
1944	42.7 °C22 July 1944	-2.1 °C10 January 1944	17.3 °C	152 mm	112	8
1943	41.4 °C4 July 1943	1.3 °C9 January 1943	17.5 °C	460 mm	114	0
1942	42.0 °C12 July 1942	-3.0 °C2 January 1942	17.8 °C	238 mm	120	16
1941	43.3 °C15 July 1941	-2.3 °C6 January 1941	17.4 °C	205 mm	107	8
1940	44.1 °C16 July 1940	-1.9 °C17 February 1940	17.0 °C	181 mm	98	12

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-2

Annual rainfall

242 mm

+11 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	17.5 °C	+2.3 °C	38 mm	+17 mm
Feb	17.0 °C	+0.3 °C	42 mm	+21 mm
Mar	21.8 °C	+2.4 °C	18 mm	-13 mm
Apr	23.8 °C	+1.1 °C	41 mm	+16 mm
May	28.6 °C	+1.1 °C	29 mm	+13 mm
Jun	35.7 °C	+3.2 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Jul	38.4 °C	+2.5 °C	4 mm	+0 mm
Aug	36.4 °C	+1.1 °C	7 mm	-2 mm
Sep	32.6 °C	+2.0 °C	19 mm	-9 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+2.2 °C	5 mm	-25 mm
Nov	21.6 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Dec	16.9 °C	+0.8 °C	36 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.4 °C

21 Jul 2025

Coldest day

2.9 °C

1 Dec 2025

Wettest day

21.7 mm

6 Apr 2025

Windiest day

33.7 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.1 °C

1 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 231 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sidi Bouzid?

The hottest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2023, reaching 46.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The coldest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1956, at -3.4 °C.

Does it snow in Sidi Bouzid?

Almost never: Sidi Bouzid sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Sidi Bouzid warmed?

Yes: Sidi Bouzid warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The wettest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 1969, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sidi Bouzid?

The windiest day measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 1997, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sidi Bouzid?

The warmest month in Sidi Bouzid is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid receives on average 231 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sidi Bouzid?

Sidi Bouzid gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sidi Bouzid?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sidi Bouzid between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1987, with 7.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Sidi Bouzid?

Yes: Sidi Bouzid has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sidi Bouzid?

In Sidi Bouzid, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 9 July 2023, and the lowest was -8.0 °C on 18 February 1942.

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