Climate Kairouan 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kairouan (DTTK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.7	78	89	86	92	69
February	74.4	58	71	84	72	93
March	73.4	73	90	53	60	61
April	72.5	73	85	72	75	66
May	81.7		56	81	90	92
June	87.6		71	98	92	88
July	95.1		99	98	96	98
August	90.6		93	93	94	94
September	84.3		94	91	89	71
October	84.0		91	93	79	89
November	80.0		90	86	86	64
December	83.1		74	92	91	80
Average	81.4	70.5	83.4	85.2	85.0	81.1

12th 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	99.1	99	100	98	100	97
February	98.5	99	99	100	92	100
March	98.2	96	100	99	97	100
April	97.0	99	99	99	100	95
May	98.3		99	97	98	99
June	98.3		99	100	100	99
July	97.3		99	99	97	100
August	97.8		99	100	99	99
September	98.2		100	99	98	96
October	99.1		98	100	100	99
November	97.5		98	99	100	95
December	98.4		99	100	100	97
Average	98.1	98.2	99.0	99.1	98.3	97.9

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	18.5	20	19	18	20	19
February	20.0	20	20	20	22	23
March	22.4	25	25	20	21	21
April	24.9	25	27	24	25	25
May	29.6		26	32	31	32
June	35.7		33	39	37	34
July	39.6		43	40	40	38
August	38.3		38	39	41	40
September	33.8		35	36	35	31
October	28.3		31	31	27	27
November	23.4		25	25	24	24
December	19.8		19	24	20	19
Average	27.2	22.5	28.4	29.1	28.6	27.6

3rd 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	7.7	10	7	6	9	8
February	8.7	10	9	9	10	9
March	10.8	12	11	11	10	11
April	13.3	14	14	13	13	14
May	16.8		17	18	18	19
June	21.4		22	23	22	21
July	24.7		27	25	25	24
August	24.3		25	26	25	24
September	21.9		22	24	24	21
October	17.0		18	19	16	16
November	13.0		15	14	13	13
December	9.6		11	13	9	9
Average	15.2	11.2	16.3	16.7	16.1	15.7

9th 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	0.6	0	1	3	0	1
February	1.8	5	4	3	0	0
March	2.5	0	0	5	2	5
April	1.9	4	1	1	2	1
May	1.4		5	1	1	0
June	0.3		1	0	1	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.2		0	0	0	1
September	0.7		0	1	0	2
October	0.9		0	0	1	1
November	1.7		2	0	1	3
December	1.7		6	0	1	2
Average	1.2	2.3	1.6	1.0	0.6	1.2

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	3.8	4	4	4	5	3
February	3.9	4	4	5	4	4
March	4.4	4	5	4	4	5
April	4.2	5	5	5	4	4
May	4.4		5	4	5	5
June	4.1		4	4	4	5
July	3.9		4	4	4	4
August	3.4		4	3	4	4
September	3.2		4	2	4	3
October	3.3		3	3	4	3
November	3.8		3	4	3	4
December	4.2		4	4	4	4
Average	3.9	4.1	4.1	3.8	4.0	3.9

3rd 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	280°	282°	318°	269°	011°
February	287°	337°	331°	238°	331°
March	235°	316°	094°	347°	346°
April	033°	357°	021°	035°	031°
May		360°	358°	030°	023°
June		049°	053°	094°	023°
July		113°	065°	071°	033°
August		051°	013°	099°	039°
September		036°	287°	047°	008°
October		143°	254°	337°	335°
November		250°	297°	233°	322°
December		294°	242°	279°	270°

Prevailing wind direction

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