Citrus farming weather in Cap Bon
Current stage : Early ripening
Production area
Nabeul · Grombalia · Menzel Temime
48-hour application window
Hours when wind, temperature, humidity and incoming rain all line up.
Conditions are currently favourable for an application.
Wind 7 km/h · Temperature 21 °C · Delta T 3.1
Next favourable slot: 19:00 to 04:00 (10 h)
Gap between dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperature. Useful range: 2 to 8.
Risks over 7 days
- 🍂Foliar diseaseWatch
Humidity up to 90 % with wet foliage on Sun 15 Nov
Water requirement over 7 days
Evapotranspiration adjusted to the crop, compared with forecast rain.
10.8 mm
Deficit to cover
108 m³ per hectare
- Reference evapotranspiration
- 15.4 mm
- Crop requirement
- 10.8 mm
- Forecast rain
- 0 mm
Calculation: reference evapotranspiration multiplied by the crop coefficient 0.7, minus rain. Soil reserve and network efficiency are not taken into account.
Air water stress (VPD)
1.2 kPapeak around 12:00
Normal range: the plant transpires without stress.
Vapour pressure deficit over the next 24 hours. A state of the air, not irrigation advice.
Days without rain
7 days without significant rain
Soil at 6 cm
22 °C
Soil temperature drives germination and root activity. Below 8 °C, cereal emergence slows sharply.
7-day farming forecast
| Day | Min / Max | Rain | ET0 | Max wind | Humidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 13 Nov | 17° / 26° | - | 2.6 mm | 12 km/h | 43-88 % |
| Sat 14 Nov | 15° / 24° | - | 2.4 mm | 12 km/h | 57-89 % |
| Sun 15 Nov | 17° / 23° | - | 2 mm | 9 km/h | 58-90 % |
| Mon 16 Nov | 16° / 24° | - | 1.9 mm | 10 km/h | 49-94 % |
| Tue 17 Nov | 15° / 22° | - | 1.9 mm | 14 km/h | 74-93 % |
| Wed 18 Nov | 16° / 26° | - | 2.3 mm | 7 km/h | 43-93 % |
| Thu 19 Nov | 15° / 25° | - | 2.3 mm | 8 km/h | 56-84 % |
Crop calendar
- Flowering
- Fruit set and drop
- Fruit growth
- Early ripeningCurrent stage
- Harvest
Citrus farming weather in Cap Bon
The 20,000 hectares of Cap Bon citrus, led by the Maltaise orange, rest on a frost-sensitive fruit: at 0 °C ripe pulp is already affected, and the Maltaise is picked precisely from December to February. At the other end of the year, flowering in March-April and the physiological drop in May-June call for a steady water supply drawn from an aquifer already exposed to seawater intrusion. This page tracks frost, water and spraying windows for Nabeul, Grombalia and Menzel Temime.
Frequently asked questions
- At what temperature does citrus freeze?
- Ripe fruit is affected from 0 °C and damage becomes severe below -2 °C, especially on clear, windless nights when ground-level temperature falls below the sheltered reading. This page flags the risk three steps before that threshold.
- When should Cap Bon citrus be irrigated?
- Needs peak from fruit set through fruit growth, May to September. The water balance on this page compares evapotranspiration adjusted by a crop coefficient of 0.70 with the last seven days of rain, and gives the deficit in mm and in m³ per hectare.
- What conditions suit spraying in a citrus orchard?
- Wind between 3 and 19 km/h, no rain within the following six hours and a Delta T between 2 and 8. The hourly window on this page marks those slots over 48 hours for the Cap Bon area.
Areas covered
Indicators computed from Open-Meteo forecasts. They help pick a moment to intervene; they replace neither an official agricultural advisory nor a technician's judgement.