Takelsa climate — normals and trends

Takelsa (Tunisia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 400 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 (26.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Takelsa averages 0 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

Takelsa 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 42.0 °C (on 11 July 1962) and the coldest 1.3 °C (on 8 January 1981).

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

TakelsaNabeul Governorate

coords
36.78°, 10.63°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

21.8°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

400mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

19.3km/h

Seasonal range

14.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

35 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

21.5 °C

Average feels-like low

14.7 °C

Average peak gust

42.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

95 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

42.0 °C

11 July 1962

Coldest day

1.3 °C

8 January 1981

Wettest day

126 mm

11 October 1948

Windiest day

55.1 km/h

30 January 1948

Strongest gust

117.4 km/h

21 January 1981

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

23 July 2023

Coldest feels-like

-5.6 °C

8 January 1981

Snowiest day

0.9 cm

8 January 1981

Sunniest day

14.0 h

23 June 2011

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202537.7 °C21 July 20258.0 °C22 November 202519.9 °C447 mm690
202436.9 °C2 August 20248.4 °C7 March 202420.1 °C380 mm650
202341.8 °C24 July 20234.6 °C25 January 202320.1 °C355 mm650
202236.6 °C16 August 20226.0 °C28 January 202220.2 °C226 mm880
202139.3 °C10 August 20215.6 °C16 February 202119.7 °C382 mm600
202038.1 °C14 August 20206.6 °C7 February 202019.6 °C373 mm450
201936.2 °C9 July 20196.5 °C5 January 201919.3 °C467 mm470
201833.9 °C13 July 20187.1 °C24 February 201819.5 °C359 mm480
201737.6 °C4 August 20175.8 °C17 January 201719.2 °C300 mm550
201633.6 °C31 July 20167.4 °C21 February 201619.6 °C378 mm340
201535.4 °C1 August 20155.9 °C1 January 201519.5 °C385 mm520
201434.0 °C21 September 20145.5 °C31 December 201419.7 °C456 mm320
201335.8 °C8 August 20136.2 °C26 February 201319.3 °C346 mm300
201236.7 °C11 July 20124.8 °C13 February 201219.6 °C398 mm550
201134.5 °C12 July 20116.7 °C22 January 201119.2 °C526 mm240
201034.1 °C28 August 20106.1 °C17 December 201019.3 °C374 mm320
200937.9 °C24 July 20096.5 °C13 February 200919.3 °C491 mm430
200834.2 °C7 August 20086.6 °C6 March 200819.4 °C262 mm450
200739.7 °C24 July 20077.7 °C23 March 200719.4 °C491 mm280
200635.9 °C22 May 20065.2 °C26 January 200619.4 °C459 mm400
200534.3 °C18 July 20054.8 °C26 January 200518.8 °C441 mm210
200435.6 °C10 August 20045.4 °C30 January 200418.9 °C497 mm350
200339.4 °C30 June 20035.8 °C1 February 200319.6 °C690 mm770
200235.1 °C4 August 20025.6 °C8 January 200219.1 °C292 mm290
200134.1 °C29 August 20016.5 °C27 February 200119.3 °C197 mm440
200039.0 °C7 July 20006.9 °C14 January 200019.2 °C275 mm410
199939.6 °C8 August 19993.3 °C1 February 199919.3 °C337 mm450
199840.0 °C1 July 19986.0 °C24 January 199818.7 °C406 mm480
199734.0 °C9 August 19977.8 °C31 January 199719.1 °C453 mm340
199634.6 °C27 August 19965.2 °C6 March 199618.6 °C576 mm330
199534.4 °C11 August 19955.0 °C5 January 199518.9 °C436 mm350
199439.6 °C15 August 19944.8 °C31 January 199419.3 °C274 mm550
199337.0 °C5 July 19934.7 °C25 February 199318.4 °C310 mm340
199233.6 °C4 August 19924.3 °C24 February 199218.2 °C363 mm290
199134.1 °C23 July 19916.2 °C11 December 199118.0 °C460 mm350
199035.5 °C1 July 19905.9 °C7 March 199019.0 °C396 mm390
198932.8 °C22 August 19896.7 °C31 January 198918.6 °C293 mm310
198837.7 °C1 September 19885.6 °C26 February 198818.9 °C269 mm440
198738.9 °C12 August 19875.7 °C20 February 198718.7 °C299 mm450
198633.3 °C14 August 19865.9 °C11 February 198618.4 °C379 mm240
198533.4 °C31 July 19854.9 °C10 January 198518.3 °C366 mm230
198437.5 °C25 July 19844.6 °C15 February 198417.8 °C380 mm120
198338.0 °C25 July 19834.9 °C21 January 198318.3 °C339 mm240
198238.2 °C1 August 19825.4 °C16 March 198218.7 °C603 mm490
198133.5 °C6 August 19811.3 °C8 January 198118.0 °C270 mm160
198032.9 °C9 July 19804.5 °C12 December 198017.6 °C400 mm110
197937.8 °C6 August 19794.2 °C17 January 197918.0 °C406 mm160
197835.7 °C14 July 19784.8 °C16 January 197817.7 °C386 mm130
197733.1 °C19 September 19776.8 °C2 March 197718.4 °C326 mm40
197635.6 °C16 August 19765.8 °C27 January 197617.7 °C619 mm50
197533.1 °C18 July 19756.6 °C27 February 197517.9 °C520 mm120
197431.6 °C16 July 19746.6 °C6 March 197417.8 °C436 mm100
197335.2 °C22 July 19734.8 °C1 March 197318.0 °C620 mm270
197231.8 °C2 August 19726.3 °C30 January 197217.6 °C593 mm90
197137.3 °C27 August 19715.5 °C10 December 197117.7 °C582 mm310
197038.3 °C22 July 19705.4 °C27 February 197018.2 °C302 mm170
196935.1 °C15 August 19695.4 °C5 January 196918.0 °C641 mm90
196834.7 °C1 August 19685.1 °C13 March 196818.4 °C330 mm200
196734.9 °C26 July 19674.6 °C11 February 196718.4 °C282 mm430
196633.7 °C5 August 19666.0 °C9 January 196618.4 °C426 mm220
196539.5 °C4 July 19654.1 °C10 February 196518.1 °C405 mm380
196437.4 °C22 August 19646.4 °C20 January 196418.1 °C465 mm250
196334.2 °C6 August 19632.3 °C24 January 196317.8 °C471 mm310
196242.0 °C11 July 19622.7 °C31 January 196218.0 °C331 mm270
196133.9 °C7 September 19616.4 °C20 January 196118.4 °C308 mm260
196033.5 °C28 August 19605.0 °C17 January 196018.1 °C333 mm140
195934.8 °C15 July 19595.6 °C19 January 195917.7 °C436 mm140
195833.5 °C1 October 19584.2 °C28 February 195817.8 °C522 mm130
195738.8 °C9 August 19574.3 °C3 March 195717.5 °C493 mm180
195637.1 °C21 July 19562.5 °C3 February 195617.1 °C450 mm220
195536.1 °C26 July 19556.1 °C10 March 195518.4 °C483 mm220
195434.3 °C29 July 19545.0 °C3 February 195417.5 °C356 mm180
195333.6 °C30 July 19533.6 °C23 January 195317.8 °C609 mm210
195236.1 °C12 June 19524.8 °C21 January 195218.7 °C247 mm610
195136.1 °C7 August 19515.7 °C7 February 195117.9 °C264 mm220
195035.3 °C5 July 19506.0 °C19 January 195018.1 °C382 mm500
194933.3 °C13 September 19493.2 °C5 March 194917.8 °C375 mm280
194837.7 °C5 July 19485.8 °C18 February 194818.0 °C622 mm300
194735.7 °C2 August 19475.2 °C18 December 194718.9 °C238 mm710
194640.9 °C17 August 19466.0 °C16 January 194618.6 °C345 mm710
194539.4 °C8 August 19452.5 °C30 January 194518.2 °C187 mm700
194434.2 °C30 June 19444.4 °C12 February 194417.3 °C453 mm450
194341.0 °C6 July 19436.6 °C4 March 194318.2 °C324 mm740
194236.2 °C11 July 19423.0 °C18 February 194217.7 °C326 mm400
194139.9 °C4 August 19412.8 °C30 December 194117.0 °C325 mm480
194037.4 °C15 July 19403.1 °C19 January 194017.1 °C356 mm390

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
23.3 °C
+1.5 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
69 d/yr
+34
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
447 mm
+47 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan16.7 °C+1.9 °C78 mm+32 mm
Feb16.1 °C+1.0 °C70 mm+25 mm
Mar18.3 °C+1.6 °C36 mm-8 mm
Apr19.9 °C+1.1 °C51 mm+15 mm
May23.9 °C+1.4 °C26 mm+6 mm
Jun29.6 °C+3.1 °C6 mm-2 mm
Jul31.7 °C+2.1 °C0 mm-2 mm
Aug30.9 °C+0.8 °C3 mm-4 mm
Sep29.1 °C+1.6 °C54 mm+20 mm
Oct24.8 °C+1.0 °C27 mm-32 mm
Nov20.2 °C+0.6 °C24 mm-23 mm
Dec17.4 °C+1.3 °C73 mm+20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
37.7 °C
21 Jul 2025
Coldest day
8.0 °C
22 Nov 2025
Wettest day
28.2 mm
17 Jan 2025
Windiest day
35.3 km/h
31 Mar 2025
Strongest gust
78.5 km/h
22 Nov 2025
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
21 Jul 2025
Coldest feels-like
2.2 °C
22 Nov 2025
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Takelsa?

Takelsa has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 400 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Takelsa?

The hottest day measured in Takelsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1962, reaching 42.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Takelsa?

The coldest day measured in Takelsa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1981, at 1.3 °C.

Does it snow in Takelsa?

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

Has the climate of Takelsa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Takelsa?

The wettest day measured in Takelsa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1948, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Takelsa?

The windiest day measured in Takelsa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1948, with winds reaching 55.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Takelsa?

The warmest month in Takelsa is August (26.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Takelsa?

Takelsa receives on average 400 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Takelsa?

Takelsa 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 Takelsa?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Takelsa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1981, with 0.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Takelsa?

Yes: Takelsa has on average 95 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Takelsa?

In Takelsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 23 July 2023, and the lowest was -5.6 °C on 8 January 1981.

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