Tunisia
Weather locations in Tunisia
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Climate of Tunisia
Country climate guideTunisia's coastline stretches along the Mediterranean from Algeria to Libya, and that sea moderates most of the country's weather. But the interior rises into the Dorsale and the Saharan plateaus, and beyond the last rains lie the chotts and the deep sand desert. Two distinct worlds — a green north and a golden south — sit only a couple of hundred kilometres apart.
Main climate types
Köppen recognises a Mediterranean climate along the coast and the north, with a hot semi-arid zone spreading across the central steppe and a true desert across the south. The northern hills and the broad Cape Bon peninsula are the mildest and wettest, while the montane district around Jebel ech Chambi, at over 1,500 metres, is the coldest and holds the country's only real snowfall.
Temperatures
Tunis, on the coast, averages about 12 °C in January and about 26 °C in July, and summer highs in the mid-30s °C are common along the coast. The interior contrasts sharply: Kairouan and Sidi Bouzid run near 10 °C in January and above 35 °C in July, and the south, at Tozeur and Kebili, averages about 13 °C in January and above 35 °C in July. The high mountains of the Dorsale are the country's coldest place, with frost and lying snow in winter.
Rainfall
Totals run from more than 1,000 mm in the north-west around Jendouba and Tabarka, through about 400 to 500 mm on the Cape Bon peninsula and the coast, down to less than 100 mm in the south. Sfax, on the central coast, receives only about 250 mm a year despite being coastal, and Kebili less than 50 mm. Rain falls mostly between October and March, with August largely dry and the summer drought severe in the south.
When to go
The coast is at its best from mid-April to early June and again in September and October, when the sea is warm but the heat has eased. July and August are hot, particularly inland, though the coastal resorts stay bearable because of the sea breeze. For the desert, the months of November to March give warm days and cool nights; summer in the south is very hot. Winter in the north can be wet and cold.