Mateur weather in February

In February, Mateur sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 58 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Mateur's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mateur's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 7:18 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 10th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical February day in Mateur reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

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

How February really feels in Mateur

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.

Mateur weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 8°	56	9.9	9.7	4.6
Feb	15° / 8°	58	9.7	10.6	4.7
Mar	18° / 9°	55	9.2	11.7	5.9
Apr	20° / 12°	52	8.6	12.9	6.8
May	25° / 15°	33	5.5	14	7.9
Jun	29° / 19°	12	2.5	14.5	6.9
Jul	32° / 22°	3	0.9	14.3	5.4
Aug	32° / 22°	12	2.9	13.4	4.9
Sep	29° / 20°	45	7.1	12.3	6.2
Oct	25° / 17°	46	7.8	11	7.3
Nov	20° / 13°	54	9.6	10	6.5
Dec	16° / 9°	54	9.5	9.5	5.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%.

	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 (%)	57	58	58	58	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61
Cloudier (%)	43	42	42	42	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Mateur gets around 58 mm of rain over 9.7 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	34
18	34
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32

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	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1

Wind in February

Winds average 14 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	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	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 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 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:39 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:03
Sunset (PM)	5:39	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	5:54	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	10.1	7:31	5:39
2	10.2	7:30	5:40
3	10.2	7:30	5:41
4	10.2	7:29	5:42
5	10.2	7:28	5:43
6	10.3	7:27	5:44
7	10.3	7:26	5:45
8	10.3	7:25	5:46
9	10.4	7:24	5:47
10	10.4	7:23	5:48
11	10.4	7:22	5:49
12	10.5	7:21	5:50
13	10.5	7:20	5:51
14	10.6	7:19	5:52
15	10.6	7:18	5:54
16	10.6	7:17	5:55
17	10.7	7:16	5:56
18	10.7	7:15	5:57
19	10.7	7:14	5:58
20	10.8	7:13	5:59
21	10.8	7:11	6:00
22	10.8	7:10	6:01
23	10.9	7:09	6:02
24	10.9	7:08	6:03
25	11.0	7:07	6:04
26	11.0	7:05	6:05
27	11.0	7:04	6:06
28	11.1	7:03	6:07

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.57 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 3.31 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)	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Mateur

In seasonPeak

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

Mateur sees seasonal dust haze (June), heaviest in June.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Mateur?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Mateur for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mateur in February

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

In February, Mateur sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Mateur 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 37 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 Jun 5 to Nov 14 — about 5.4 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	18	21	24	26	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Mateur in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mateur peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

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	4	6	5	6	7	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Mateur 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 Mateur is worst in December — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 27 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	46	41	39	33	29	27	30	36	42	47	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	47	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mateur?

Mateur sits at 37.0°N, 9.7°E, 36 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Tinja, 16 km away.

Topography around Mateur

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mateur has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 496 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,010 m.

The land around Mateur is covered by cropland (70%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) within 16 km, and water (40%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

cropland 70%

16 km

496 m

cropland 66%

80 km

1,010 m

water 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Tinja 16 km · Douar Tindja 16 km · Menzel Bourguiba 17 km · Menzel Abderhaman 28 km · Tebourba 28 km · Menzel Jemil 31 km · Bizerte 32 km · Jedeïda 33 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 Mateur (37.0404°, 9.6656°, elevation 36 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	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	15	8
16	15	8
17	15	8
18	15	8
19	15	8
20	15	8
21	16	8
22	16	8
23	16	8
24	16	8
25	16	8
26	16	8
27	16	9
28	16	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	34
18	34
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	34
18	34
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	34
18	34
19	33
20	33
21	33
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32

	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	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	99	1
28	99	1