The country enjoys a mediterranean climate and a continental climate as we move away from the coastline. The best period to travel to the Tunisian South is from October to April. In springtime, the sirocco comming from the desert blows on Tunisia. In the summer, the heat and drought appear with the arrival of the saharian front. North of the Tunisian mountain chain, the climate is mediterranean and humid with 400 mm of rainfall (1 534 mm in Aïn Draham), and the dry season does not exceed 3 to 5 months. The forest covered mountains is important.In the center of the country, the climate is continental and hot, receiving between 150 and 400 mm of rainfall. The average temperature in Djerba raises from 12° C in winter to 28° C in Summer. The peaks of Gafsa form, with 150 mm of rainfall, the frontier of drought. It is the beginning of the saharian climate. You have there, for example, the temperatures and the pluviometry of Tunis.You have there, for example, the temperatures and the pluviometry of Tunis:
| | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | | temperature inn °C | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 12 | | pluviometry in mm | 69 | 46 | 44 | 40 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 54 | 56 | 67 |
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