Climate and average weather in Beni Khalled

In Beni Khalled, the summers are humid, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: mid April to late July

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Beni Khalled typically varies from 10°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 33°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Beni Khalled for warm-weather activities are from mid April to late July and early September to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
30°
Coldest
Jan
10°
Wettest
Oct
52 mm
Driest
Jul
2 mm
Rain / yr
412 mm
68 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
50 m
36.7°N
Clearest
Jul
8% cloud

Beni Khalled weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid April to late July.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Beni Khalled, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.3 months, from June 15 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Beni Khalled is August, with an average high of 30°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 4.0 months, from November 29 to March 29, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Beni Khalled is January, with an average low of 10°C and high of 15°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1510
Feb1510
Mar1711
Apr1913
May2316
Jun2720
Jul3022
Aug3023
Sep2822
Oct2419
Nov2015
Dec1711

How hot and cold Beni Khalled really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Beni Khalled feels like about 33°C (around August 17). About 29 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan1515810
Feb1515810
Mar17171111
Apr19191313
May23231616
Jun27272020
Jul31302222
Aug32302323
Sep28282222
Oct24241919
Nov20201515
Dec16171111

Average hourly temperature in Beni Khalled

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Beni Khalled weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 10°498.59.84.9
Feb15° / 10°478.510.64.9
Mar17° / 11°457.711.76.0
Apr19° / 13°397.412.96.8
May23° / 16°22413.98.1
Jun27° / 20°91.614.58.3
Jul30° / 22°20.214.27.1
Aug30° / 23°71.713.46.4
Sep28° / 22°405.412.27.2
Oct24° / 19°527.211.17.5
Nov20° / 15°517.8106.8
Dec17° / 11°498.39.55.6

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Beni Khalled gets about 412 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.4 months, from around Sep 18 to May 1, peaking in January at about 32% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 4.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 52 mm over about 7 wet days; July is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetJan 31 · 32%Jul 4 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan279
Feb309
Mar268
Apr247
May144
Jun52
Jul10
Aug62
Sep185
Oct247
Nov258
Dec268

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Beni Khalled collects about 412 mm of rain across 68 wet days — roughly 34 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 52 mm, while July is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec494745392292740525149
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan499
Feb479
Mar458
Apr397
May224
Jun92
Jul20
Aug72
Sep405
Oct527
Nov518
Dec498

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Beni Khalled, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 27 and lasts for 3.8 months, ending around September 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 19 and lasts for 8.2 months, ending around May 26. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 36% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 22 · 99%Dec 28 · 63%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6436
Feb6436
Mar6733
Apr6733
May7327
Jun8713
Jul982
Aug937
Sep7723
Oct6733
Nov6535
Dec6436

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 11, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:345:19
Feb10.67:145:50
Mar11.76:366:19
Apr12.95:506:46
May13.95:157:12
Jun14.55:037:33
Jul14.25:157:32
Aug13.45:397:04
Sep12.26:056:19
Oct11.16:315:34
Nov10.07:035:03
Dec9.57:294:59

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Beni Khalled averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 29 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around May 7 to Sep 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 11 sunny days — about 62% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2329 daysJan 2310 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr15Mixed
May18Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul29Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep18Bright
Oct15Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Beni Khalled, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 30 to October 31. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 99% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 1 to May 29, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 4 · 100%Aug 7 · 0%oppressivecomfortablehumidmuggydrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9640000
Apr73271000
May315019100
Jun326501910
Jul053151120
Aug011550331
Sep182741220
Oct1025342550
Nov553013200
Dec9271000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Beni Khalled is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Nov 7 to May 19. The windiest month is February, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 20 to Nov 6, with August the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 4 · 16 km/hAug 19 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan16light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr15light breeze
May14light breeze
Jun13light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug12calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Hazard calendar for Beni Khalled

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Beni Khalled sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Beni Khalled

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Beni Khalled throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid July, Beni Khalled is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Beni Khalled for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to late July and again from early September to mid November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 31 · 8.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.9fair
Feb4.9fair
Mar6.0good
Apr6.8good
May8.1ideal
Jun8.3ideal
Jul7.1good
Aug6.5good
Sep7.2good
Oct7.5ideal
Nov6.8good
Dec5.6good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Beni Khalled for hot-weather activities is from early June to late September, with a peak score in the first week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 6 · 9.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Beni Khalled, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Beni Khalled sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Beni Khalled

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 4 to Nov 19 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Bracing
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Refreshing
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Beni Khalled by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Beni Khalled peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Beni Khalled

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb40
Mar5.50
Apr40
May72
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.52.5
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Beni Khalled by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Beni Khalled is worst in February — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorFeb 1638 µg/m³Aug 1024 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb38Poor
Mar36Poor
Apr33Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec37Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Beni Khalled is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Beni Khalled banks about 3,298 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan78
Feb70
Mar125
Apr187
May296
Jun398
Jul496
Aug520
Sep436
Oct352
Nov217
Dec122

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Beni Khalled receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 37.7 kWhDec 172.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.8Bright
Apr6.0Bright
May6.8Intense
Jun7.4Intense
Jul7.6Intense
Aug6.7Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Beni Khalled?

Beni Khalled sits at 36.7°N, 10.6°E, 50 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Mennzel Bou Zelfa, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Beni Khalled

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Beni Khalled.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Beni Khalled has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,190 m.

The land around Beni Khalled is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (41%), trees (25%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (48%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
434 m
80 km
1,190 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Mennzel Bou Zelfa 4.0 km · Grombalia 10 km · Soliman 10 km · Takelsa 15 km · Borj Cedria 19 km · Hammam-Lif 24 km · Dar Chabanne 25 km · Korba 25 km

Tunisia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$4,657
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
65%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
16.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 498
Religion
Muslim 99%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Beni Khalled (36.6504°, 10.59°, elevation 50 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).