Region · Tunisia
Best time to visit Gabès Governorate
This guide covers 3 destinations in Gabès Governorate, a first-level administrative division of Tunisia. The largest by population are Métouia, Gabès and El Hamma. Across its destinations, February to May, October and November are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Djerba Zarzis International Airport (DJE).
- Destinations in this guide
- 3
- Comfortable in the most places
- February to May, October and November
- Main airport
- DJEDjerba Zarzis International Airport
- Currency
- TNDTunisian dinar
- Time zone
- Africa/Tunis
Destinations
Destinations in Gabès Governorate
Every destination in this guide in Gabès Governorate, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Gabès Governorate
From the climate of 3 destinations in Gabès Governorate with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: February to May, October and November.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 3 | 17 °C | 22 mm |
| February | 3 of 3 | 18 °C | 16 mm |
| March | 3 of 3 | 21 °C | 18 mm |
| April | 3 of 3 | 24 °C | 16 mm |
| May | 3 of 3 | 27 °C | 7 mm |
| June | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 2 mm |
| July | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| August | 0 of 3 | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| September | 0 of 3 | 31 °C | 23 mm |
| October | 3 of 3 | 28 °C | 37 mm |
| November | 3 of 3 | 22 °C | 20 mm |
| December | 2 of 3 | 18 °C | 25 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Gabès Governorate
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Gabès Governorate name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
DJE · Djerba Zarzis International Airport
SFA · Sfax Thyna International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Gabès Governorate, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Tunisia
Nearby
Regions near Gabès Governorate
Other regions of Tunisia with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.