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Monastir climate by month
What the weather is like
Monastir has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 25°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 356 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (43 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (1 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 4% in July to 26% in January.
The sea reaches about 27° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Tunis, the capital, Monastir is 4.5° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- 10° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 4% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 27° · August
- Longest day
- 14 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 45 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 17° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 22° | 18° |
| Average low | 10° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 27 mm | 32 mm | 25 mm | 20 mm | 7 mm | 1 mm | 9 mm | 48 mm | 55 mm | 43 mm | 43 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 8 |
| Cloud cover | 26% | 23% | 24% | 23% | 23% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 17% | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| Sea temperature | 16° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° |
| Daylight | 10h 00 | 10h 54 | 11h 55 | 13h 05 | 14h 03 | 14h 34 | 14h 22 | 13h 32 | 12h 26 | 11h 19 | 10h 18 | 9h 45 |
| Month score | 80 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 91 | 86 | 77 | 71 | 68 | 85 | 86 | 80 |