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Weather extremes

How extreme does Tunis's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Tunis has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Carthage station 7 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Tunis has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
120°F Aug 10, 2021

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Tunis (typical high near 94°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 120°F Aug 10, 2021recent
2 120°F Jul 24, 2023
3 117°F Jun 24, 2007
❄️ Coldest night
20°F Feb 11, 2018

About 26°F colder than a normal February night in Tunis (typical low near 46°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 20°F Feb 11, 2018
2 21°F Feb 16, 2009
3 22°F Dec 17, 2007
🌧️ Most rain in one day
9.06 in Nov 3, 2001

More rain in a single day than Tunis usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 2.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 9.06 in Nov 3, 2001
2 4.27 in Oct 18, 2018
3 4.02 in Jan 22, 1992

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130°150° all-time high 120°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Tunis's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 120°F is about 26°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Tunis's warmest days reach the mid-90s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 120°F and as low as 20°F. A single day has delivered over 9 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Carthage, a weather station, about 7 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →