Tunisia Guide
Weather
Tunisia has a typically Mediterranean climate. The best time to travel is spring, when the south has not yet reached full heat and the north looks astonishingly fertile. Be warned, though, that March and April are the dampest months of the year in the south, and it can bucket down in the north at this time too.
July and August are the hottest months. Some of the more exposed north coast beaches are only warm enough for swimming from around May until October; otherwise autumn gives you the best of both worlds, with warm swimming and few crowds, even at the big resorts.
In winter, the north and the largely mountainous Tell region in the west can get distinctly cold; Aïn Draham, the highest mountain town, commonly has a metre of snow, and it has even been known to snow at Bizerte on the Mediterranean coast. Tunis, Cap Bon and Sousse are not so much cold in winter as dull, with sporadic rains. But this is an ideal time for covering the ancient sites at leisure and then migrating south to Jerba's beaches and the Sahara.