Tozeur weather by month

The best time to visit Tozeur is February, March and November — 94/100 in March, 25°C and 2 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (83/100 on average).

The worst month is July at 32/100 — sweltering, dry, poor air quality. See July →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Tunisia →

Tozeur🇹🇳 Tunisia · Maghreb · City94
  1. 78Jan
  2. 87Feb
  3. 94Mar
  4. 84Apr
  5. 71May
  6. 45Jun
  7. 32Jul
  8. 38Aug
  9. 57Sep
  10. 75Oct
  11. 92Nov
  12. 80Dec

Best season: March to May (83/100 on average) · worst July (32/100)

Days
25°C
Nights
12°C
Wet days
2
Sun
10.6 h
Humidity
41%
Daylight
12 h
Tozeur, Tunisia
Photo: Rawen Ab · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tozeur, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Tozeur is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan78B18°C0 d9 hBusy1
Feb87A20°C2 d10 hBusy1
Mar94S25°C2 d11 hBusy1
Apr84A28°C2 d12 hShoulder—
May71B33°C2 d12 hBusy1
Jun45F39°C0 d13 hBusy2
Jul32F42°C0 d13 hQuiet1
Aug38F40°C1 d12 hQuiet1
Sep57D36°C2 d11 hShoulder1
Oct75B31°C1 d10 hShoulder1
Nov92S24°C2 d9 hBusy1
Dec80A19°C2 d8 hBusy2

What's on in Tozeur through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

January
  • Ramadan25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Holiday
May
  • Eid al-Adha1 May – 5 Jun (usually)Holiday
June
  • Saharan summer1 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)Season
October
  • Deglet Nour harvest1 Oct – 20 Dec (usually)Nature
December
  • International Festival of the Oases24–31 Dec (usually)Festival

Crowds in Tozeur in March

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyRamadan, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Tozeur

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters describe March as mild on average (highs around 19C) but genuinely unstable day to day - warm before noon, chilly after sunset, with the possibility of 'all four seasons in one day.' Technically still winter by the Tunisian calendar, so posters say to expect either lucky mild, sunny stretches or a run of properly bad weather, with a jumper or light jacket for evenings recommended regardless. For Tozeur specifically, posters consistently name it the best base for Sahara day trips - Chott el Djerid, Chebika, the Star Wars filming locations, and Mides Canyon all get mentioned as reachable outings from town, though posters do flag that spring sandstorms (more of an April risk than March) can occasionally shut down desert excursions entirely.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Tunisia's forum flags September broadly as the sweet spot once the brutal July/August heat has broken along the coast, though inland desert towns like Tozeur run considerably hotter than the beach resorts most of these threads focus on - one poster cited an average August high around 39.5C for the Tozeur desert specifically, with September expected to ease off from there but stay firmly in oven territory. Rain is genuinely rare here even as coastal Tunisia starts seeing occasional showers, since Tozeur's desert climate barely registers measurable rainfall most of the year. Dress for intense sun and very low humidity rather than anything resembling a Mediterranean autumn.
SaharaOasisRegular · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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