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Tuy Hòa
Thành phố Tuy Hòa
Tuy Hòa City
The city at night
The city at night
Official seal of Tuy Hòa
Map
Tuy Hòa is located in Vietnam
Tuy Hòa
Tuy Hòa
Location of Tuy Hòa in Vietnam
Coordinates: 13°04′55″N 109°17′42″E / 13.08194°N 109.29500°E / 13.08194; 109.29500
Country Vietnam
ProvincePhú Yên
Area
 • Total
106.82 km2 (41.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
155.921
 • Density1.460/km2 (3.78/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indochina Time)

Tuy Hòa (listen) is the coastal city and capital of Phú Yên Province in South-Central Vietnam. The city has a total area of 106.82 square kilometres or 41 square miles and a population of 155.921 (in 2019). 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.

Climate

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Tuy Hòa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification: As).[1][2]

Climate data for Tuy Hòa
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)
36.4
(97.5)
39.8
(103.6)
40.5
(104.9)
40.0
(104.0)
39.0
(102.2)
40.1
(104.2)
38.4
(101.1)
36.1
(97.0)
34.5
(94.1)
33.1
(91.6)
40.5
(104.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5)
27.6
(81.7)
29.5
(85.1)
31.8
(89.2)
33.9
(93.0)
34.5
(94.1)
34.2
(93.6)
34.0
(93.2)
32.7
(90.9)
29.8
(85.6)
28.0
(82.4)
26.6
(79.9)
30.8
(87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.3
(73.9)
23.9
(75.0)
25.4
(77.7)
27.4
(81.3)
28.9
(84.0)
29.4
(84.9)
29.1
(84.4)
28.9
(84.0)
27.9
(82.2)
26.5
(79.7)
25.4
(77.7)
24.0
(75.2)
26.7
(80.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.0
(69.8)
21.3
(70.3)
22.4
(72.3)
24.0
(75.2)
25.4
(77.7)
26.1
(79.0)
25.8
(78.4)
25.6
(78.1)
24.8
(76.6)
24.1
(75.4)
23.4
(74.1)
22.0
(71.6)
23.9
(75.0)
Record low °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4)
16.0
(60.8)
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) 66.9
(2.63)
22.5
(0.89)
36.0
(1.42)
46.1
(1.81)
90.8
(3.57)
54.3
(2.14)
45.5
(1.79)
55.2
(2.17)
227.4
(8.95)
539.5
(21.24)
507.9
(20.00)
216.5
(8.52)
1,911.3
(75.25)
Average rainy days 12.5 6.2 5.0 5.0 9.0 7.0 7.1 9.4 15.3 20.8 21.5 19.0 137.5
Average relative humidity (%) 83.4 83.3 82.9 81.7 78.3 73.9 73.9 74.7 79.9 85.1 85.5 84.2 80.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours 160.5 196.0 251.6 269.7 272.8 239.9 239.3 230.6 203.6 168.0 128.3 118.2 2,472.9
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3]

Infrastructure

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Transportation

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By air

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The city is served by Đông Tác Airport which lies south of Tuy Hòa.

By land

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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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References

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  1. ^ Kottek, Markus; Grieser, Jürgen; Beck, Christoph; Rudolf, Bruno; Rubel, Franz (2006). "World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated" (PDF). Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 15 (3): 259–263. Bibcode:2006MetZe..15..259K. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130.
  2. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.
  3. ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).