Climate Gafsa Ksar International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gafsa Ksar International Airport (DTTF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	90.7	90	93	89	96	89
February	86.2	80	80	87	89	99
March	77.3	79	91	50	81	75
April	79.2		89	72	84	80
May	85.4		74	81	95	91
June	91.4		88	99	86	96
July	94.5		98	95	99	91
August	92.6		93	95	91	95
September	89.1		96	91	89	80
October	87.4		91	93	87	92
November	89.6		93	86	93	88
December	88.9		81	95	92	88
Average	87.1	82.7	88.7	85.6	90.1	88.6

11th best VFR conditions of Tunisia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	99.3	98	99	100	100	99
February	97.9	98	95	99	99	99
March	95.1	91	98	93	97	96
April	96.5		100	98	100	94
May	97.7		97	97	99	97
June	98.3		99	99	98	97
July	97.8		98	99	100	92
August	97.9		99	99	97	95
September	97.5		98	98	97	95
October	97.6		97	98	98	100
November	97.1		97	94	97	99
December	97.9		98	98	98	96
Average	97.3	95.4	97.7	97.7	98.3	96.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.0	18	16	15	17	17
February	18.3	19	17	19	20	21
March	21.6	24	23	20	20	20
April	25.1		26	24	25	25
May	30.1		27	32	32	32
June	36.2		34	39	38	35
July	39.3		42	39	39	38
August	37.9		37	38	40	39
September	33.7		34	35	35	32
October	27.4		31	29	27	27
November	21.0		23	22	20	23
December	17.1		17	20	17	17
Average	26.2	20.4	27.1	27.9	27.4	27.1

5th highest temperature of Tunisia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.1	6	3	3	4	4
February	6.1	8	5	6	7	6
March	9.3	11	10	10	9	10
April	12.7		13	13	13	14
May	16.3		16	15	18	18
June	21.8		21	24	24	21
July	23.9		26	23	24	23
August	24.0		23	25	26	24
September	21.3		21	23	23	21
October	15.6		17	16	16	15
November	9.7		11	10	9	11
December	6.2		7	8	5	7
Average	13.5	7.9	14.5	14.7	14.6	14.5

5th lowest temperature of Tunisia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.3	0	0	1	0	1
February	1.6	2	2	2	1	0
March	2.4	0	0	8	1	3
April	0.9		0	0	1	0
May	1.3		3	1	1	0
June	0.1		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.4		0	0	0	0
September	0.3		0	1	0	1
October	0.8		0	1	0	0
November	1.1		2	0	2	1
December	1.9		7	1	0	2
Average	0.9	0.6	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.6

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.0	8	8	8	8	8
February	8.9	10	10	8	9	8
March	9.6	9	10	9	10	12
April	10.7		10	14	11	9
May	10.1		11	9	10	10
June	9.2		10	8	10	9
July	8.2		8	8	9	8
August	7.9		7	8	8	8
September	8.2		8	8	8	9
October	7.8		7	7	8	8
November	8.1		8	9	8	8
December	8.3		8	7	8	9
Average	8.8	8.6	8.7	8.6	9.0	8.8

5th highest wind speed of Tunisia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	256°	268°	328°	247°	043°
February	264°	007°	012°	304°	276°
March	226°	318°	059°	035°	020°
April		032°	050°	058°	058°
May		046°	316°	071°	059°
June		064°	103°	089°	073°
July		149°	088°	113°	071°
August		071°	059°	106°	140°
September		072°	083°	063°	060°
October		034°	129°	020°	057°
November		275°	290°	249°	021°
December		358°	233°	265°	248°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.