Climate and average weather in Mahires

In Mahires, the summers are muggy, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early March to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mahires typically varies from 10°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 35°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 Mahires for warm-weather activities are from early March to late June and late September to mid December.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
10°
Wettest
Sep
24 mm
Driest
Jul
0 mm
Rain / yr
163 mm
29 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
9 m
34.5°N
Clearest
Jul
7% cloud

Mahires 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 March to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 14 to September 30, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Mahires is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from December 1 to March 21, with daily high temperatures below 19°C. The coldest month of the year in Mahires is January, with an average low of 10°C and high of 16°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)
Jan1610
Feb1710
Mar1912
Apr2115
May2418
Jun2822
Jul3125
Aug3126
Sep2924
Oct2620
Nov2115
Dec1811

How hot and cold Mahires 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, Mahires feels like about 35°C (around August 17). About 61 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)
Jan1616710
Feb1717910
Mar19191212
Apr21211515
May24241818
Jun28282222
Jul33312525
Aug34312626
Sep31292424
Oct26262020
Nov21211515
Dec17181111

Average hourly temperature in Mahires

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 10°C.

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

Mahires 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
Jan16° / 10°203.5106.1
Feb17° / 10°143.110.76.6
Mar19° / 12°203.311.77.4
Apr21° / 15°132.812.88.0
May24° / 18°61.713.88.7
Jun28° / 22°20.414.38.1
Jul31° / 25°00.114.16.4
Aug31° / 26°40.813.35.8
Sep29° / 24°242.612.26.7
Oct26° / 20°224.411.17.9
Nov21° / 15°213.410.28.0
Dec18° / 11°173.29.77.0

Chance of rain

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

Mahires gets about 163 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.5 months, from around Sep 16 to May 1, peaking in October at about 15% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 26.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 24 mm over about 3 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainOct 16 · 15%Jun 26 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan124
Feb113
Mar113
Apr93
May52
Jun10
Jul00
Aug31
Sep93
Oct144
Nov113
Dec103

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Mahires collects about 163 mm of rain across 29 wet days — roughly 14 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 24 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

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Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan204
Feb143
Mar203
Apr133
May62
Jun20
Jul00
Aug41
Sep243
Oct224
Nov213
Dec173

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Mahires, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 30 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around September 17. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 18 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around May 29. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 26% 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 · 100%Oct 19 · 72%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7525
Feb7723
Mar7624
Apr7921
May7921
Jun9010
Jul991
Aug973
Sep8416
Oct7426
Nov7525
Dec7723

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 10, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:305:25
Feb10.77:115:54
Mar11.76:366:20
Apr12.85:526:44
May13.85:207:08
Jun14.35:097:27
Jul14.15:217:27
Aug13.35:437:01
Sep12.26:066:19
Oct11.16:295:37
Nov10.26:585:08
Dec9.77:235:05

Sunny days

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

Mahires averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 17 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Jun 1 to Sep 15. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is October, down near 17 sunny days — about 41% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2330 daysOct 1817 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr18Bright
May20Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep21Bright
Oct18Bright
Nov18Bright
Dec19Bright

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around May 23 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 22, 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 3 · 100%Aug 20 · 0%oppressivecomfortablemuggyhumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb9910000
Mar9280000
Apr67302000
May274229200
Jun315473230
Jul041853240
Aug01938494
Sep261739332
Oct1519312870
Nov632212300
Dec9460000

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 Mahires is typically light breeze, near 18 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 7.0 months, from around Nov 21 to Jun 22. The windiest month is December, averaging about 19 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 23 to Nov 20, with August the calmest month at about 16 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyDec 26 · 19 km/hAug 3 · 15 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan18light breeze
Feb18light breeze
Mar18light breeze
Apr19light breeze
May19light breeze
Jun18light breeze
Jul16light breeze
Aug16light breeze
Sep17light breeze
Oct16light breeze
Nov17light breeze
Dec19light breeze

Hazard calendar for Mahires

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Best time to visit Mahires

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid March, Mahires is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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 Mahires for general outdoor tourist activities run from early March to late June and again from late September to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 13 · 8.8

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
Jan6.2good
Feb6.6good
Mar7.4good
Apr8.0ideal
May8.7ideal
Jun8.1ideal
Jul6.5good
Aug5.9good
Sep6.8good
Oct7.9ideal
Nov8.0ideal
Dec7.0good

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

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 26 · 9.4

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 Mahires, 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 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 16°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Mahires sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Mahires

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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 13 to Nov 29 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar15Cool
Apr18Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun24Refreshing
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov22Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index (midday) in Mahires 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 Mahires peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 9Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr5High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Mahires

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 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
Feb4.50
Mar61
Apr60
May73
Jun8.55.5
Jul85.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep73.5
Oct5.50
Nov2.50
Dec00

Air quality in Mahires 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 Mahires is worst in January — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1634 µg/m³Jul 2213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Mahires 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. Mahires banks about 3,815 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan90
Feb98
Mar170
Apr241
May352
Jun448
Jul550
Aug575
Sep496
Oct409
Nov251
Dec137

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.

Mahires receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 7.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.8 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 17.7 kWhDec 192.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.1Moderate
Feb4.1Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr6.5Intense
May7.1Intense
Jun7.6Intense
Jul7.6Intense
Aug6.8Intense
Sep5.4Bright
Oct4.2Bright
Nov3.3Moderate
Dec2.8Moderate

Where is Mahires?

Mahires sits at 34.5°N, 10.5°E, 9 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Sidi Abid, 26 km away.

Kellabine

Topography around Mahires

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mahires has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 737 m.

The land around Mahires is covered by bare terrain (33%) and water (30%) within 3 km, water (44%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and water (45%), bare terrain (23%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
737 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Sidi Abid 26 km · Sfax 34 km · Gremda 36 km · Dar el Haj Taïeb 36 km · Sakiet ez Zit 39 km · El Ain 40 km · Sakiet ed Daier 41 km · Kellabine 68 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 Mahires (34.5275°, 10.5008°, elevation 9 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).