Climate and average weather in Mareth

In Mareth, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: mid February to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mareth typically varies from 8°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 42°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 Mareth for warm-weather activities are from mid February to late May and mid October to mid December.

Hottest
Aug
35°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Oct
21 mm
Driest
Jul
0 mm
Rain / yr
137 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
51 m
33.6°N
Clearest
Jul
5% cloud

Mareth 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 February to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Mareth, 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 6 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Mareth is August, with an average high of 35°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from November 27 to March 8, with daily high temperatures below 20°C. The coldest month of the year in Mareth is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 16°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan168
Feb189
Mar2111
Apr2414
May2818
Jun3221
Jul3524
Aug3525
Sep3223
Oct2819
Nov2213
Dec179

How hot and cold Mareth 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, Mareth feels like about 36°C (around August 15). About 95 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan161658
Feb181869
Mar21211111
Apr24241414
May28281818
Jun32322121
Jul35352424
Aug36352425
Sep32322223
Oct28281919
Nov22221313
Dec171779

Average hourly temperature in Mareth

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 35°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Mareth 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° / 163.1106.3
Feb18° / 142.710.87.1
Mar21° / 11°182.611.78.0
Apr24° / 14°112.112.88.7
May28° / 18°51.313.77.6
Jun32° / 21°10.314.25.3
Jul35° / 24°00.1143.6
Aug35° / 25°20.513.23.4
Sep32° / 23°172.612.25.1
Oct28° / 19°21311.27.4
Nov22° / 13°14310.38.2
Dec17° / 183.19.87.0

Chance of rain

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

Mareth gets about 137 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 7.1 months, from around Sep 9 to Apr 11, peaking in January at about 12% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 20.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 21 mm over about 3 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainJan 20 · 12%Jun 20 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan103
Feb93
Mar93
Apr72
May41
Jun10
Jul10
Aug21
Sep83
Oct103
Nov93
Dec93

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Mareth collects about 137 mm of rain across 24 wet days — roughly 11 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 21 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec16141811510217211418
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan163
Feb143
Mar183
Apr112
May51
Jun10
Jul00
Aug21
Sep173
Oct213
Nov143
Dec183

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Mareth, 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 31 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around September 20. 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 21 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around May 30. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 25% 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 25 · 100%Oct 21 · 73%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7624
Feb7921
Mar7822
Apr8020
May7921
Jun928
Jul991
Aug973
Sep8614
Oct7525
Nov7624
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 8, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:285:28
Feb10.87:115:56
Mar11.76:366:21
Apr12.85:546:44
May13.75:237:07
Jun14.25:137:26
Jul14.05:247:25
Aug13.25:457:01
Sep12.26:076:19
Oct11.26:295:38
Nov10.36:575:11
Dec9.87:225:08

Sunny days

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

Mareth averages about 22 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 18 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around May 31 to Sep 16. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is October, down near 18 sunny days — about 39% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 2530 daysOct 1718 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb18Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr20Bright
May21Bright
Jun26Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep22Bright
Oct18Bright
Nov19Bright
Dec20Bright

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around June 3 to October 27. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 77% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 28 to June 2, 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 2 · 100%Aug 24 · 21%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar991000
Apr8910100
May6031900
Jun26353180
Jul142235253
Aug1013263912
Sep1217263312
Oct372322162
Nov8113510
Dec982000

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 Mareth is typically light breeze, near 14 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.9 months, from around Dec 2 to Jun 29. The windiest month is December, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 30 to Dec 1, with October the calmest month at about 12 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 28 · 16 km/hOct 22 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb15light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr15light breeze
May15light breeze
Jun15light breeze
Jul14light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct12light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Hazard calendar for Mareth

In seasonPeak

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

Mareth 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 Mareth

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late February, Mareth 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 Mareth for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid February to late May and again from mid October to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 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
Jan6.3good
Feb7.1good
Mar8.0ideal
Apr8.6ideal
May7.5ideal
Jun5.3fair
Jul3.6fair
Aug3.4poor
Sep5.1fair
Oct7.4good
Nov8.2ideal
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 Mareth for hot-weather activities is from mid April to early November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 25 · 8.9

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 Mareth, 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 35°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, Mareth sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Mareth

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 30 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 8 to Nov 26 — about 6.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan15Bracing
Feb14Bracing
Mar15Cool
Apr18Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov22Refreshing
Dec17Cool

UV index (midday) in Mareth 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 Mareth peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highHighModerateJun 21UV 10Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Mareth

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 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
Mar62.5
Apr60
May73
Jun8.56
Jul85.5
Aug7.55
Sep74
Oct5.52
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in Mareth 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 Mareth is worst in January — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateJan 1739 µg/m³Jul 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb33Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Mareth 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. Mareth banks about 3,978 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)
Jan64
Feb89
Mar183
Apr278
May401
Jun498
Jul598
Aug612
Sep515
Oct407
Nov228
Dec105

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.

Mareth receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.9 and 7.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.0 kWh/m² — roughly 61% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 17.9 kWhDec 182.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.4Moderate
Feb4.3Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr6.8Intense
May7.2Intense
Jun7.7Intense
Jul7.8Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep5.7Bright
Oct4.4Bright
Nov3.5Moderate
Dec3.0Moderate

Where is Mareth?

Mareth sits at 33.6°N, 10.3°E, 51 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Teboulbou, 30 km away.

AjimMétouia

Topography around Mareth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mareth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 50 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 684 m.

The land around Mareth is covered by cropland (47%) within 3 km, bare terrain (34%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (54%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
355 m
80 km
684 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Teboulbou 30 km · Matmata 30 km · Gabes 34 km · Chenini Nahal 35 km · Medenine 36 km · Rhennouch 41 km · Ajim 45 km · Métouia 46 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 Mareth (33.6179°, 10.2854°, elevation 51 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).