Gafsa weather in March

In March, Gafsa sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Gafsa's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gafsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 16 mm; 3.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:43 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

← February Gafsa year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical March day in Gafsa reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 4°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

How March really feels in Gafsa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

March sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gafsa weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 5°	14	2.7	10	5.3
Feb	16° / 6°	11	2.3	10.7	6.4
Mar	20° / 9°	16	3.1	11.7	7.7
Apr	24° / 12°	15	2.6	12.8	8.4
May	29° / 17°	9	2	13.8	6.8
Jun	34° / 21°	4	1.1	14.3	3.9
Jul	37° / 24°	2	0.8	14.1	2.0
Aug	37° / 24°	6	1.6	13.3	2.3
Sep	32° / 21°	15	3.1	12.2	5.0
Oct	27° / 16°	13	2.7	11.1	8.0
Nov	20° / 10°	18	2.5	10.2	7.8
Dec	15° / 6°	11	2.3	9.7	6.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in March, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	75	75	75
Cloudier (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitation

Gafsa gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	10
14	10
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	11
31	11

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in March

Winds average 12 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:02 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:38 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:24	6:23	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:02	6:14
2	11.2	7:01	6:15
3	11.3	7:00	6:16
4	11.3	6:59	6:16
5	11.3	6:57	6:17
6	11.4	6:56	6:18
7	11.4	6:55	6:19
8	11.4	6:53	6:20
9	11.5	6:52	6:21
10	11.5	6:51	6:22
11	11.6	6:49	6:22
12	11.6	6:48	6:23
13	11.6	6:47	6:24
14	11.7	6:45	6:25
15	11.7	6:44	6:26
16	11.7	6:43	6:27
17	11.8	6:41	6:27
18	11.8	6:40	6:28
19	11.8	6:38	6:29
20	11.9	6:37	6:30
21	11.9	6:36	6:31
22	12.0	6:34	6:31
23	12.0	6:33	6:32
24	12.0	6:31	6:33
25	12.1	6:30	6:34
26	12.1	6:28	6:34
27	12.1	6:27	6:35
28	12.2	6:26	6:36
29	12.2	6:24	6:37
30	12.2	6:23	6:38
31	12.3	6:21	6:38

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Gafsa

In seasonPeak

None of Gafsa's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Gafsa sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in April.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is March a good time to visit Gafsa?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is one of the better times to visit Gafsa for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Gafsa in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Gafsa sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Gafsa in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gafsa peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	5	8	10	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Gafsa in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gafsa is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	32	29	32	37	34	33	27	27	28	29	30	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	34	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gafsa?

Gafsa sits at 34.4°N, 8.8°E, 295 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is El Ksar, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Gafsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gafsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 242 m around an average of 307 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,378 m.

The land around Gafsa is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), bare terrain (34%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (69%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

242 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

959 m

bare terrain 72%

80 km

1,378 m

bare terrain 69%

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← February Gafsa year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: El Ksar 3.0 km · Metlaoui 37 km · Moularès 48 km · Ar Rudayyif 58 km · Feriana 61 km · Bir el Ater 75 km · Kebili 82 km · Tozeur 82 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

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 Gafsa (34.425°, 8.7842°, elevation 295 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. 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	10
14	10
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	10
14	10
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	7
2	18	7
3	18	7
4	18	8
5	18	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	9
14	20	9
15	20	9
16	20	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	21	9
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	21	10
26	21	10
27	21	10
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10
31	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	75	25
23	75	25
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	75	25
30	75	25
31	75	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	11
11	11
12	11
13	10
14	10
15	10
16	10
17	10
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	11
28	11
29	11
30	11
31	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1