Ariana (Tunisia)
Ariana
أريانة | |
|---|---|
Statue for martyrs in Ariana | |
Ariana Location in Tunisia | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E / 36.86250°N 10.19556°E | |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Governorate | Ariana Governorate |
| Delegation(s) | Ariana Medina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fadhel Moussa (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Total | 209 sq mi (542 km2) |
| Population (2014[1]) | |
• Total | 123,079 |
| Time zone | UTC1 (CET) |
Ariana (Arabic: أريانة ⓘ) is a coastal city in north-eastern Tunisia, part of the agglomeration of Tunis, also called Grand Tunis. It is located at the north of Tunis city center, around 36°51′45″N 10°11′44″E / 36.86250°N 10.19556°E. It is ~2.6 kilometeres away from Tunis. It is the capital of Ariana Governorate and the country's eighth largest city.
Climate
In Ariana, the climate is warm and temperate. In winter there is much more rainfall than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Csa. The average annual temperature in Ariana is 18.0 °C (64.4 °F). About 449 mm (17.68 in) of precipitation falls annually.
| Climate data for Ariana | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 63 (2.5) |
57 (2.2) |
44 (1.7) |
36 (1.4) |
23 (0.9) |
11 (0.4) |
3 (0.1) |
8 (0.3) |
31 (1.2) |
57 (2.2) |
53 (2.1) |
63 (2.5) |
449 (17.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data | |||||||||||||