Best time to visit Tunis

Tunisia · Africa

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Tunis

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Go in Apr, May or Sep — these months score within a whisker of each other; 22C max, 5 rainy days. Feb is the next best.

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Things to do in Tunis

Tunis Medina The world heritage listed old town is a must-see colorful, crowded labyrinth of decorated old houses, vaults and street vendors.
Bardo Museum National museum in Tunis, Tunisia
Grande Mosquée Zitouna Mosque in Tunisia
Uthina It was an ancient Roman-Berber city.
Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul Built in 1882, this is the largest surviving building from Tunis' colonial era, in the neo-Romanesque style.
Bab El Bahr The gate to the sea, which remains unchanged since its erection in 1848.
Tourbet el-Bey An impressive 18th-century mausoleum, the final resting place for over 160 princes and ministers and their families.

Tours and tickets in Tunis

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Tunis), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	16°	4d	75%	7.9h	good	16C max, 4 rainy days
Feb	18°	6d	75%	9.0h	good	18C max, 6 rainy days
Mar	19°	5d	74%	9.7h	good	19C max, 5 rainy days
Apr	22°	5d	71%	10.6h	sweet spot	22C max, 5 rainy days
May	26°	4d	67%	11.7h	sweet spot	26C max, 4 rainy days
Jun	33°	1d	59%	12.8h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Jul	36°	0d	55%	13.0h	avoid	extreme heat: 18 days over 35C
Aug	36°	1d	61%	12.5h	avoid	extreme heat: 16 days over 35C
Sep	31°	3d	68%	10.8h	sweet spot	31C max, 3 rainy days
Oct	27°	4d	73%	9.4h	good	27C max, 4 rainy days
Nov	21°	5d	74%	8.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Dec	18°	6d	77%	7.9h	okbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 7 km from the airport (TUN): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in November and December; quietest in January and May.

Then and now

Tunis's June days now average 32.5°C, 4.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	14.6°	15.6°	17.1°	20.3°	24.0°	28.4°	32.3°	32.0°	29.2°	24.6°	19.5°	15.9°
2017–26	16.1°	17.6°	19.3°	22.2°	26.4°	32.5°	36.3°	35.5°	31.4°	26.5°	21.4°	17.6°
Change	+1.6°	+2.0°	+2.2°	+2.0°	+2.4°	+4.1°	+4.0°	+3.5°	+2.2°	+1.9°	+1.9°	+1.6°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Tunis is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Cost of living	very cheap — prices run about 29% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Tunisian dinar
Languages	Arabic
Plugs	Type C and E, 230 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+216
Travel advice	avoid all travel to parts — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-07-24
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-08. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — The currency is the Tunisian dinar, which may not be taken into or out of the country. Change money only at a bank, bureau de change, post office or your hotel. ATMs are easy to find in the cities and tourist areas, and many places there take credit cards.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — About 10% is generally expected in restaurants, left in cash so that the waiter gets it, and drivers and guides are tipped too.

Getting around Tunis

No metro or TGM line reaches the airport, so take a taxi into the city. For Carthage and Sidi Bou Saïd, take the TGM light railway from Tunis Marine, where it meets the metro, along the coast towards La Marsa. Tickets are priced by section and class: buy one that covers your whole ride and validate it, as riding without a valid ticket, or beyond its sections, costs a fine of 20 dinars paid on the spot (25 dinars paid later).

Apps — Maps: Google Maps. Official taxis are yellow: hail one and ask the driver to use the meter, expecting to pay extra for luggage or at night, or order one in an app, which shows the fare but usually costs more. Taxis generally take only cash.

Free maps of Tunis and Tunisia are available at the National Tourism Office, to the north-east of the clock tower (directly east of the main Medina gate). The tourist office offers assistance in many languages. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Tunis, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Help

Emergency — police 197 · ambulance 190 · fire 198. In rural areas and small villages, call the National Guard on 193.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 8 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Tunis in pictures

Reflet sur le lac de Tunis — i

Smailtn Camera location36° 48′ 10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Canal Tunis Radès — i

Smailtn Camera location36° 48′ 00, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Coucher du Soleil sur le Lac de Tunis — i

Smailtn Camera location36° 47′ 37, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pêche aux filets Lac Mégrine — i

Smailtn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fort de Santiago de Chikly — i

Smailtn Camera location36° 49′ 47, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Tunis is like

Tunis (تونس) is the capital of Tunisia. There are quite a few must-see attractions, especially if you include the ruins of Carthage, which are easily accessed from here, and the Punic ports are interesting, too. Tunis is an interesting mix of new and old, including colonial French buildings. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Non-Muslims may not enter Islamic monuments such as mosques. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Simply wandering around Tunis can be an interesting experience, especially around the medina with its ancient buildings including mosques, gates and market stalls. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: The major carrier at Tunis-Carthage is Tunisair, serving many destinations. The major western carriers who service Tunis-Carthage are Air France, ITA Airways and Lufthansa, from London, Paris, Rome or Frankfurt. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Touts and unofficial "guides" hang around near tourist spots. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy: As with Tunisia in general, medical staff are skilful and highly educated, but the public hospitals are usually fairly basic. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Tunis, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Tunis

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Kind of place

Tunis is in Tunisia, Africa. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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