Tataouine weather in December

In December, Tataouine sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 hours at the start of December to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tataouine's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tataouine's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:19 AM – 5:10 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 9th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Tataouine reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	18	10
7	18	10
8	18	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	17	9
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	16	9
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

How December really feels in Tataouine

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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

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

Tataouine weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 8°	16	2.6	10.1	6.4
Feb	18° / 9°	13	2.5	10.8	7.2
Mar	21° / 11°	14	2.2	11.7	8.2
Apr	25° / 14°	9	1.6	12.8	8.7
May	29° / 17°	3	1	13.7	7.2
Jun	33° / 21°	1	0.3	14.1	4.9
Jul	35° / 23°	0	0.1	14	3.3
Aug	35° / 24°	1	0.4	13.2	3.2
Sep	32° / 22°	8	1.7	12.2	4.9
Oct	28° / 18°	14	2.1	11.2	7.4
Nov	22° / 13°	12	2.1	10.3	8.3
Dec	17° / 9°	15	2.9	9.9	7.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80
Cloudier (%)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tataouine gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.9 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 10% 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 99% 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	29	30	31
Dry (%)	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 17 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 hours at the start of December to 9 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 7:26 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:17 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.0	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:26
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.0	7:08	5:08
2	10.0	7:09	5:07
3	10.0	7:10	5:07
4	9.9	7:11	5:07
5	9.9	7:12	5:07
6	9.9	7:12	5:08
7	9.9	7:13	5:08
8	9.9	7:14	5:08
9	9.9	7:15	5:08
10	9.9	7:15	5:08
11	9.9	7:16	5:08
12	9.9	7:17	5:08
13	9.9	7:17	5:09
14	9.8	7:18	5:09
15	9.8	7:19	5:09
16	9.8	7:19	5:10
17	9.8	7:20	5:10
18	9.8	7:20	5:10
19	9.8	7:21	5:11
20	9.8	7:21	5:11
21	9.8	7:22	5:11
22	9.8	7:22	5:12
23	9.8	7:23	5:12
24	9.8	7:23	5:13
25	9.8	7:24	5:13
26	9.8	7:24	5:14
27	9.8	7:24	5:15
28	9.8	7:25	5:15
29	9.8	7:25	5:16
30	9.8	7:25	5:16
31	9.9	7:26	5:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.02 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 3.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.2	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.1	Moderate
30	3.1	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tataouine

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Tataouine?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Tataouine for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Tataouine in December

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

In December, Tataouine sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Tataouine in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tataouine peaks around June 19 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	7	7	12	10	10	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tataouine in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Tataouine 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	50	43	49	53	40	32	23	23	27	30	36	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	49	Poor
Apr	53	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	32	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Tataouine?

Tataouine sits at 32.9°N, 10.5°E, 238 m above sea level, in Tunisia. The nearest listed city is Medenine, 48 km away.

Topography around Tataouine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tataouine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 685 m.

The land around Tataouine is covered by bare terrain (54%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

207 m

bare terrain 54%

16 km

499 m

bare terrain 84%

80 km

685 m

bare terrain 84%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Tataouine year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Medenine 48 km · Ben Gardane 75 km · Mareth 78 km · Matmata 82 km · Zarzis 89 km · Ajim 93 km · Teboulbou 107 km · Midoun 110 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 Tataouine (32.9297°, 10.4518°, elevation 238 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. 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	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	18	10
7	18	10
8	18	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	17	9
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	16	9
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	18	10
7	18	10
8	18	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	17	9
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	16	9
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	11
2	19	11
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	18	10
7	18	10
8	18	10
9	18	10
10	18	10
11	18	9
12	18	9
13	18	9
14	17	9
15	17	9
16	17	9
17	17	9
18	17	9
19	17	9
20	17	9
21	17	9
22	17	9
23	17	9
24	17	9
25	17	9
26	17	9
27	17	9
28	16	9
29	16	8
30	16	8
31	16	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	78	22
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	80	20
30	80	20
31	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	7
4	7
5	7
6	8
7	8
8	8
9	8
10	8
11	8
12	8
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	9
19	9
20	9
21	9
22	9
23	10
24	10
25	10
26	10
27	9
28	9
29	9
30	9
31	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0