Climate and average weather in Medenine

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

Best: early February to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Medenine 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 Medenine for warm-weather activities are from early February to late May and mid October to late December.

Hottest
Aug
35°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Jan
17 mm
Driest
Jul
0 mm
Rain / yr
116 mm
22 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
90 m
33.4°N
Clearest
Jul
5% cloud

Medenine 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 February to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from June 6 to September 26, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Medenine is August, with an average high of 35°C and low of 24°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 28 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 20°C. The coldest month of the year in Medenine is January, with an average low of 8°C and high of 17°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in July.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan178
Feb189
Mar2111
Apr2514
May2918
Jun3221
Jul3523
Aug3524
Sep3222
Oct2819
Nov2313
Dec1810

How hot and cold Medenine 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, Medenine feels like about 37°C (around August 15). About 97 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)
Jan171758
Feb181869
Mar21211111
Apr25251414
May28291818
Jun32322121
Jul35352323
Aug36352424
Sep33322222
Oct28281919
Nov22231313
Dec1818810

Average hourly temperature in Medenine

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

Medenine 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
Jan17° / 172.8106.6
Feb18° / 142.510.87.4
Mar21° / 11°152.611.78.1
Apr25° / 14°10212.88.7
May29° / 18°4113.77.4
Jun32° / 21°10.214.25.3
Jul35° / 23°00143.6
Aug35° / 24°10.413.23.4
Sep32° / 22°112.212.25.0
Oct28° / 19°152.711.27.3
Nov23° / 13°132.510.38.3
Dec18° / 10°162.99.87.3

Chance of rain

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

Medenine gets about 116 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 11 to Apr 14, peaking in January at about 11% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 19.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 17 mm over about 3 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainJan 19 · 11%Jun 19 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan103
Feb93
Mar93
Apr62
May31
Jun10
Jul00
Aug20
Sep72
Oct93
Nov83
Dec93

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Medenine collects about 116 mm of rain across 22 wet days — roughly 10 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 17 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec17141510410111151316
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan173
Feb143
Mar153
Apr102
May41
Jun10
Jul00
Aug10
Sep112
Oct153
Nov133
Dec163

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Medenine, 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 28 · 100%Oct 15 · 75%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7723
Feb7921
Mar7723
Apr7921
May7921
Jun928
Jul991
Aug982
Sep8614
Oct7525
Nov7723
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 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)
Jan10.07:275:28
Feb10.87:095:56
Mar11.76:356:20
Apr12.85:536:43
May13.75:237:06
Jun14.25:127:24
Jul14.05:237:24
Aug13.25:456:59
Sep12.26:066:18
Oct11.26:285:38
Nov10.36:565:11
Dec9.87:205:08

Sunny days

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

Medenine 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 2830 daysOct 1718 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb18Bright
Mar19Bright
Apr20Bright
May21Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep22Bright
Oct19Bright
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 Medenine, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around June 1 to October 27. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 79% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 28 to May 31, 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 1 · 100%Aug 25 · 18%oppressivemuggycomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar982000
Apr8811100
May59301000
Jun253332100
Jul131934294
Aug912253816
Sep1215263313
Oct372223162
Nov8113610
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 Medenine is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Nov 22 to Jun 16. The windiest month is December, averaging about 16 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 17 to Nov 21, with October the calmest month at about 13 km/h.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyDec 29 · 17 km/hOct 20 · 13 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan17light breeze
Feb16light breeze
Mar16light breeze
Apr16light breeze
May16light breeze
Jun15light breeze
Jul13light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Hazard calendar for Medenine

In seasonPeak

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

Medenine sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Best time to visit Medenine

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 11 · 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
Jan6.6good
Feb7.4good
Mar8.1ideal
Apr8.6ideal
May7.4good
Jun5.3fair
Jul3.6fair
Aug3.4poor
Sep5.0fair
Oct7.3good
Nov8.3ideal
Dec7.3good

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 Medenine for hot-weather activities is from early April to early November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 23 · 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 Medenine, 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 17°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Medenine sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Medenine

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 46 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 10 to Dec 2 — about 6.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb15Bracing
Mar16Cool
Apr18Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Refreshing
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov22Refreshing
Dec18Cool

UV index (midday) in Medenine 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 Medenine peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 20UV 11Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7Very high
Apr7High
May7High
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Medenine

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 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 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)
Jan1.50
Feb50
Mar6.53
Apr6.52.5
May7.53.5
Jun96.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep74.5
Oct62.5
Nov3.50
Dec00

Air quality in Medenine 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 Medenine is worst in April — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1252 µg/m³Aug 1023 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr53Poor
May40Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec38Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Medenine 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. Medenine banks about 4,037 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)
Jan73
Feb97
Mar192
Apr285
May404
Jun497
Jul594
Aug609
Sep518
Oct415
Nov238
Dec114

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.

Medenine receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.0 and 7.9 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 16 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 193.0 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 Medenine?

Medenine sits at 33.4°N, 10.5°E, 90 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Mareth, 36 km away.

AjimTataouineMatmataZarzisTeboulbouDjerbaMidoun

Topography around Medenine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Medenine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 251 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 685 m.

The land around Medenine is covered by bare terrain (45%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (49%), grassland (26%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (58%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
251 m
80 km
685 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Mareth 36 km · Ajim 47 km · Tataouine 48 km · Matmata 54 km · Zarzis 59 km · Teboulbou 65 km · Djerba 66 km · Midoun 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 Medenine (33.355°, 10.5055°, elevation 90 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).