Climate and average weather in Ghardimaou

In Ghardimaou, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ghardimaou typically varies from 5°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 39°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 Ghardimaou for warm-weather activities are from early April to late June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
33°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Apr
71 mm
Driest
Jul
6 mm
Rain / yr
608 mm
100 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
205 m
36.4°N
Clearest
Jul
14% cloud

Ghardimaou 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 early April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.2 months, from June 12 to September 16, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in Ghardimaou is August, with an average high of 33°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.9 months, from November 23 to March 20, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Ghardimaou is January, with an average low of 5°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan135
Feb145
Mar177
Apr209
May2413
Jun3017
Jul3320
Aug3320
Sep2918
Oct2414
Nov199
Dec156

How hot and cold Ghardimaou 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, Ghardimaou feels like about 34°C (around July 31). About 61 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan131325
Feb141425
Mar171757
Apr202089
May24241313
Jun29301717
Jul33332020
Aug33332020
Sep29291818
Oct24241414
Nov191989
Dec151546

Average hourly temperature in Ghardimaou

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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Ghardimaou 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
Jan13° / 6810.79.83.8
Feb14° / 6310.410.64.0
Mar17° / 6910.911.75.3
Apr20° / 7111.112.96.2
May24° / 13°538.613.97.3
Jun30° / 17°234.614.46.3
Jul33° / 20°61.614.24.6
Aug33° / 20°204.613.44.2
Sep29° / 18°528.912.26.0
Oct24° / 14°608.911.17.1
Nov19° / 639.710.16.1
Dec15° / 61109.64.5

Chance of rain

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

Ghardimaou gets about 608 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 8.0 months, from around Sep 11 to May 13, peaking in March at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 5.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 71 mm over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 6 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 4 · 39%Jul 5 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3511
Feb3710
Mar3611
Apr3611
May289
Jun165
Jul62
Aug155
Sep299
Oct309
Nov3110
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ghardimaou collects about 608 mm of rain across 100 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 71 mm, while July is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec68636971532362052606361
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan6811
Feb6310
Mar6911
Apr7111
May539
Jun235
Jul62
Aug205
Sep529
Oct609
Nov6310
Dec6110

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ghardimaou, 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 16 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around September 19. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 95% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 20 and lasts for 7.8 months, ending around May 15. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 49% 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 21 · 97%Dec 25 · 49%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb5347
Mar5743
Apr5743
May6535
Jun8218
Jul955
Aug9010
Sep7030
Oct6040
Nov5446
Dec5248

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 13, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, 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)
Jan9.87:425:29
Feb10.67:225:59
Mar11.76:456:27
Apr12.95:596:54
May13.95:247:20
Jun14.45:127:41
Jul14.25:247:40
Aug13.45:487:12
Sep12.26:146:27
Oct11.16:405:43
Nov10.17:115:12
Dec9.67:375:08

Sunny days

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

Ghardimaou averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around May 20 to Sep 17. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 9 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the July peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2327 daysJan 288 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr11Mixed
May14Mixed
Jun20Bright
Jul27Brilliant
Aug24Brilliant
Sep15Bright
Oct12Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

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 Ghardimaou, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around June 5 to October 13. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 54% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 14 to June 4, and March 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 19 · 100%Aug 15 · 45%muggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr928000
May6430600
Jun34422220
Jul19413380
Aug153138151
Sep163835110
Oct49371310
Nov937100
Dec1000000

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 Ghardimaou is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Nov 8 to May 13. The windiest month is February, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 14 to Nov 7, with August the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 4 · 10 km/hAug 24 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb10calm
Mar9calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep7calm
Oct7calm
Nov8calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Ghardimaou

In seasonPeak

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

Ghardimaou 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 Ghardimaou

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid June, Ghardimaou 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 Ghardimaou for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late June and again from mid September to late November, with a peak score in the third week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 17 · 7.4

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
Jan3.8fair
Feb4.0fair
Mar5.3fair
Apr6.2good
May7.3good
Jun6.3good
Jul4.6fair
Aug4.2fair
Sep5.9good
Oct7.1good
Nov6.1good
Dec4.5fair

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 Ghardimaou for hot-weather activities is from late May to early October, with a peak score in the last week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 27 · 8.3

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 Ghardimaou, 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 33°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Ghardimaou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Ghardimaou

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 55 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 May 31 to Nov 16 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Cool
Apr16Cool
May18Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep25Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov20Refreshing
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Ghardimaou 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 Ghardimaou peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Ghardimaou

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
Apr60
May73.5
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov10
Dec00

Air quality in Ghardimaou 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 Ghardimaou is worst in August — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (May, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1547 µg/m³May 2320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug50Poor
Sep23Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Ghardimaou is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan940
Feb960
Mar990
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec980

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. Ghardimaou banks about 2,667 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)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar49
Apr132
May267
Jun395
Jul507
Aug518
Sep395
Oct279
Nov114
Dec11

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.

Ghardimaou receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. 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 47.6 kWhDec 202.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.6Intense
Jun7.3Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.6Intense
Sep5.0Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Ghardimaou?

Ghardimaou sits at 36.4°N, 8.4°E, 205 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Jendouba, 31 km away.

Souk AhrasEl KalaBen MehidiBesbesOuenzaTajerouine

Topography around Ghardimaou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ghardimaou has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 418 m around an average of 261 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 995 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,386 m.

The land around Ghardimaou is covered by cropland (46%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), trees (30%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), trees (21%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
418 m
16 km
995 m
80 km
1,386 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Jendouba 31 km · El Kef 39 km · Souk Ahras 47 km · El Kala 50 km · Ben Mehidi 60 km · Besbes 60 km · Ouenza 62 km · Tajerouine 63 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 Ghardimaou (36.4479°, 8.4413°, elevation 205 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).