Tuy Hòa (listen) is the capital city of Phú Yên Province in south-central Vietnam. The city has a total area of 107 square kilometres or 41 square miles and a population of 202,030 (in 2012). The city is located approximately midway between Nha Trang and Qui Nhơn. The city is formulated mainly from alluvial of the downstream of Đà Rằng River. There are two mountains in the center of the city: Chóp Chài Mountain and Nhạn Mountain. There is a Champa Temple on the top of Nhạn Mountain.
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Tuy Hòa
Thành phố Tuy Hòa | |
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City (Class-2) | |
Tuy Hòa City | |
![]() The city at night | |
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![]() ![]() Tuy Hòa Location of Tuy Hòa in Vietnam | |
Coordinates: 13°04′55″N 109°17′42″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Phú Yên |
Area | |
• Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 202,030 |
• Density | 1,888.1/km2 (4,890/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
Tuy Hòa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: As).[1][2]
Climate data for Tuy Hòa | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 33.7 (92.7) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
39.2 (102.6) |
40.5 (104.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
38.4 (101.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.1 (91.6) |
40.5 (104.9) |
Average high °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
29.6 (85.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.1 (73.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 57 (2.2) |
20 (0.8) |
25 (1.0) |
34 (1.3) |
77 (3.0) |
56 (2.2) |
45 (1.8) |
52 (2.0) |
234 (9.2) |
579 (22.8) |
454 (17.9) |
194 (7.6) |
1,826 (71.9) |
Average rainy days | 11.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 16.0 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 17.5 | 130.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 84.1 | 84.5 | 83.7 | 82.3 | 78.8 | 74.9 | 74.4 | 75.7 | 81.0 | 86.0 | 86.2 | 84.8 | 81.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 159 | 192 | 258 | 269 | 275 | 237 | 241 | 228 | 201 | 165 | 122 | 121 | 2,467 |
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] |
The city is served by Đông Tác Airport which lies south of Tuy Hòa.
Tuy Hòa Railway Station is a stop on the North-South Railway. National Route 1 runs through the city, providing road connections to Hanoi in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south.
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