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Tunisia · 34.74°, 10.76° · 8 m

Sfax

Sfax, Tunisia
Photo: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sfax is not costed by rail here: no through rail connection is modelled, and no verified rail or sea itinerary is included in this comparison. By air it is 518 kg CO₂e return from London. It averages 29.5 °C in July and 13.0 °C in January.

Sfax is on the east coast of Tunisia, approximately midway on the highway between Tunis and the border with Libya. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Sfax is warmest in July (29.5 °C); coldest in January (13.0 °C). Month by month

518kg CO₂e return by air, from London
13.0hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Travel advice for Tunisia. FCDO advises against all travel or all but essential travel to specified border, mountain and military-operation areas. gov.uk advice, page updated 24 July 2026; read 2026-09-15. Whether Sfax itself is inside an affected area is not assessed here; check the page before booking.

By air: nearest airport Sfax–Thyna (SFA), about 10 km away. Direct flights from London: not checked. Taxi or local road transfer into Sfax.

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Sfax. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam2,015 km——507 kg6h 12m
Barcelona1,054 km——265 kg4h 54m
Berlin1,989 km——500 kg6h 12m
Birmingham2,213 km——557 kg6h 30m
Bristol2,144 km——539 kg6h 24m
Brussels1,864 km——469 kg6h
Cardiff2,170 km——546 kg6h 24m
Copenhagen2,332 km——587 kg6h 36m
Dublin2,461 km——619 kg6h 48m
Edinburgh2,587 km——651 kg6h 54m
Frankfurt1,718 km——432 kg5h 48m
Glasgow2,613 km——657 kg7h
Leeds2,327 km——585 kg6h 36m
Lisbon1,825 km——459 kg5h 54m
Liverpool2,339 km——588 kg6h 36m
London2,058 km——518 kg6h 12m
Madrid1,420 km——357 kg5h 24m
Manchester2,319 km——583 kg6h 36m
Milan1,200 km——302 kg5h 6m
Munich1,491 km——375 kg5h 30m
Newcastle2,444 km——615 kg6h 48m
Nottingham2,232 km——562 kg6h 30m
Oslo2,799 km——704 kg7h 12m
Paris1,715 km——431 kg5h 48m
Prague1,732 km——436 kg5h 48m
Rome810 km——204 kg4h 36m
Sheffield2,284 km——575 kg6h 30m
Southampton2,047 km——515 kg6h 12m
Stockholm2,786 km——701 kg7h 12m
Vienna1,568 km——394 kg5h 36m
Warsaw2,108 km——530 kg6h 18m
Zurich1,416 km——356 kg5h 24m

The year in Sfax

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 13.0 °C13.0 °CJanFebruary: 13.5 °CFebMarch: 16.9 °CMarApril: 17.8 °CAprMay: 21.4 °CMayJune: 25.2 °CJunJuly: 29.5 °C29.5 °CJulAugust: 28.4 °CAugSeptember: 26.2 °CSepOctober: 24.1 °COctNovember: 18.7 °CNovDecember: 13.5 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 8.6 hJanFebruary: 9.0 hFebMarch: 10.7 hMarApril: 10.8 hAprMay: 11.6 hMayJune: 12.6 hJunJuly: 13.0 h13.0 hJulAugust: 12.6 hAugSeptember: 10.8 hSepOctober: 9.5 hOctNovember: 9.6 hNovDecember: 8.2 h8.2 hDec
Sea temperature, °C — warmest in August
January: 16.0 °CJanFebruary: 15.1 °C15.1 °CFebMarch: 16.8 °CMarApril: 18.7 °CAprMay: 21.0 °CMayJune: 24.1 °CJunJuly: 28.2 °CJulAugust: 29.5 °C29.5 °CAugSeptember: 28.1 °CSepOctober: 25.9 °COctNovember: 22.8 °CNovDecember: 17.7 °CDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night; sea temperature NOAA OISST v2.1, 2023–2024, nearest open sea
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C13.013.516.917.821.425.229.528.426.224.118.713.5
Sun h/day8.69.010.710.811.612.613.012.610.89.59.68.2
Rain mm/day0.11.00.10.70.90.30.00.41.01.50.51.0
Sea °C16.015.116.818.721.024.128.229.528.125.922.817.7

When to go

Sfax is warmest in July at 29.5 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at 13.0 °C.

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Where to stay in Sfax

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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.