Kairouan weather in February

In February, Kairouan sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 22 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kairouan's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kairouan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 7:15 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 9th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical February day in Kairouan reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How February really feels in Kairouan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

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

Kairouan weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	27	3.9	9.9	6.5
Feb	18° / 7°	22	4.2	10.6	6.8
Mar	21° / 9°	34	5.4	11.7	7.3
Apr	24° / 12°	25	4.6	12.9	7.9
May	28° / 16°	17	3.8	13.9	6.9
Jun	33° / 20°	7	1.7	14.4	4.4
Jul	36° / 23°	2	0.6	14.2	2.6
Aug	36° / 23°	10	2.1	13.3	2.7
Sep	32° / 21°	37	5.1	12.2	4.9
Oct	27° / 17°	39	5.3	11.1	7.3
Nov	22° / 12°	25	3.9	10.1	7.9
Dec	18° / 8°	22	3.8	9.6	7.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%.

	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
Clearer (%)	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67
Cloudier (%)	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	67	33

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kairouan gets around 22 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 17% 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
Rain chance (%)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:07 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
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:27	5:40
2	10.2	7:26	5:41
3	10.3	7:25	5:42
4	10.3	7:24	5:43
5	10.3	7:24	5:44
6	10.4	7:23	5:45
7	10.4	7:22	5:46
8	10.4	7:21	5:47
9	10.5	7:20	5:48
10	10.5	7:19	5:49
11	10.5	7:18	5:50
12	10.6	7:17	5:51
13	10.6	7:17	5:52
14	10.6	7:16	5:53
15	10.7	7:15	5:54
16	10.7	7:13	5:55
17	10.7	7:12	5:56
18	10.8	7:11	5:57
19	10.8	7:10	5:58
20	10.8	7:09	5:59
21	10.9	7:08	6:00
22	10.9	7:07	6:01
23	10.9	7:06	6:02
24	11.0	7:04	6:03
25	11.0	7:03	6:04
26	11.0	7:02	6:05
27	11.1	7:01	6:06
28	11.1	7:00	6:07

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.7 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kairouan

In seasonPeak

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

Kairouan sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kairouan?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kairouan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kairouan in February

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

In February, Kairouan sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Kairouan in February

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 52 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 29 to Nov 27 — about 6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	19	22	25	27	26	24	21	18
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	24	Refreshing
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Kairouan in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kairouan peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (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)	2	5	6	5	7	9	10	9	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Kairouan in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kairouan is worst in November — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	27	28	28	28	24	23	21	23	26	29	29	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kairouan?

Kairouan sits at 35.7°N, 10.1°E, 65 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Msaken, 44 km away.

Topography around Kairouan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kairouan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 58 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,365 m.

The land around Kairouan is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

artificial surfaces 52%

16 km

158 m

cropland 53%

80 km

1,365 m

cropland 38%

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← January Kairouan year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Msaken 44 km · Kalaa Srira 45 km · Kelaa Kebira 45 km · Ezzouhour 46 km · Akouda 47 km · Zaouiet Sousse 49 km · Hammam Sousse 50 km · Sousse 51 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 Kairouan (35.6781°, 10.0963°, elevation 65 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	69	31
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	68	32
20	68	32
21	68	32
22	68	32
23	68	32
24	68	32
25	68	32
26	68	32
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

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