Gabès weather by month & the best time to visit

🇹🇳 Tunisia · regional city · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Gabès is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with March and April close behind. Gabès averages about 3,551 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 10 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,551

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

157 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

220k

Elevation

119 m

When is the best time to visit Gabès?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gabès is May, then March and April. The dullest month is July (40/100, 1 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gabès?

Gabès is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,551 hours of sunshine a year. 58 Sunshine Score points separate May (98) from July (40), so the month you pick matters. Gabès is the sunniest of the 9 destinations tracked in Tunisia. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 42% of the annual 157 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Zarzis Tunisia · 81 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
• Monastir Tunisia · 238 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
• Hammamet (Enfidha) Tunisia · 265 km · best in Jul · 2,724 h sun/yr
• Guemar Algeria · 292 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
• Lampedusa Italy · 315 km · best in Jul · 3,136 h sun/yr
• Tripoli Libya · 327 km · best in Jul · 3,424 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Gafsa Tunisia · 127 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
• Sfax Tunisia · 130 km · 3,145 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Tozeur Tunisia · 169 km · 3,455 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Tébessa Algeria · 251 km · 3,073 h sun/yr · best in Jun