Gafsa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇳 Tunisia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Gafsa is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with March and April close behind. Gafsa averages about 3,466 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 15 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,466
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 187 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 95k
- Elevation
- 316 m
When is the best time to visit Gafsa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gafsa is May, then March and April. The dullest month is July (30/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gafsa?
Gafsa is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,466 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate May (97) from July (30), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 9 destinations in Tunisia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,177 hours. The year's 187 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 20 mm | 3 |
| February | 65 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 13 mm | 4 |
| March | 96 | 21° / 70°F | 7° / 45°F | 21 mm | 6 |
| April | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 20 mm | 7 |
| May | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 15 mm | 8 |
| June | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| July | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 23° / 73°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| September | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 21 mm | 7 |
| October | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 18 mm | 5 |
| November | 96 | 20° / 68°F | 9° / 48°F | 21 mm | 3 |
| December | 56 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 22 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Zarzis Tunisia · 190 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
- Guemar Algeria · 214 km · best in May · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Monastir Tunisia · 230 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
- Hammamet (Enfidha) Tunisia · 235 km · best in Jul · 2,724 h sun/yr
- Annaba Algeria · 283 km · best in Jul · 2,786 h sun/yr
- Constantine Algeria · 287 km · best in Jun · 2,839 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tozeur Tunisia · 85 km · 3,455 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Gabès Tunisia · 127 km · 3,551 h sun/yr · best in May
- Tébessa Algeria · 129 km · 3,073 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Sfax Tunisia · 174 km · 3,145 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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