Climate · Tunis

Tunis in August

Hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Tunis is hot: highs near 95°F, lows near 72°F. Rain is rare, though more frequent by the month's end, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Tunis is hot: highs near 35°C, lows near 22°C. Rain is rare, though more frequent by the month's end, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
95°F35°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 6% of days
Daylight
13h 30mon average

Is August a good time to visit Tunis?


August sits outside Tunis's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November. Expect hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 95°F in August, against 63°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 35°C in August, against 17°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

6% of days in August, against 1% to 32% through the year.

Cloud cover

12% cover in August, against 8% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

13h 30m in August, against 9h 41m to 14h 38m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. July94°34°low 71°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August95°35°low 72°low 22°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. September88°31°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Tunis sits, in August

Africa/Tunis

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:36 AMsets 7:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Tunis, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Tunis is our one place in Tunisia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tunis. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.