Sfax weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇳 Tunisia · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Sfax is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and May close behind. Sfax averages about 3,145 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,145
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 237 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 453k
- Elevation
- 20 m
When is the best time to visit Sfax?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sfax is June, then July and May. The dullest month is January (55/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sfax?
Sfax is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,145 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than January (55). It ranks #6 of 9 destinations in Tunisia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,177 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 41% of the annual 237 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 20 mm | 2 | 15° / 59°F |
| February | 63 | 16° / 61°F | 10° / 50°F | 17 mm | 4 | 15° / 59°F |
| March | 77 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 30 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| April | 95 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 16 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 96 | 24° / 75°F | 18° / 64°F | 11 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| June | 97 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 5 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 2 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| August | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 8 mm | 8 | 30° / 86°F |
| September | 92 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 32 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 92 | 26° / 79°F | 21° / 70°F | 30 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 92 | 21° / 70°F | 16° / 61°F | 32 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 69 | 17° / 63°F | 12° / 54°F | 34 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
Sea temperature in Sfax by month
The sea off Sfax is warmest in August at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in January at 15°C / 59°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 7 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Zarzis Tunisia · 94 km · best in Jul · 3,296 h sun/yr
- Monastir Tunisia · 116 km · best in Jul · 3,177 h sun/yr
- Hammamet (Enfidha) Tunisia · 153 km · best in Jul · 2,724 h sun/yr
- Lampedusa Italy · 196 km · best in Jul · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Tunis Tunisia · 241 km · best in Jun · 2,725 h sun/yr
- Tripoli Libya · 314 km · best in Jul · 3,424 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gabès Tunisia · 130 km · 3,551 h sun/yr · best in May
- Gafsa Tunisia · 174 km · 3,466 h sun/yr · best in May
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