🏞 Of the land area, 11.2% has a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 68.4% has a arid/ desert climate (BW), 20.5% has a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry summers (Cs).
🧜 Of the population, 19.1% live in a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 26.7% live in a arid/ desert climate (BW), 54.2% live in a temperate/ mesothermal climate with dry summers (Cs).
Location | Lat. | Long. | Alt. m(ft) | Climate | Biome | Av. Temp. | Precip. |
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Bizerte | 37°15'N | 9°48'E | 5 (16) | Csa | Subtropical dry forest | 18 (64) | 682 (27) |
Tunis | 36°50'N | 10°14'E | 4 (13) | Csa | Subtropical thorn woodland | 18 (65) | 466 (18) |
Jendouba | 36°29'N | 8°48'E | 144 (472) | BSk | Warm temperate dry forest | 18 (64) | 451 (18) |
Sousse | 35°49'N | 10°38'E | 6 (20) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 19 (66) | 282 (11) |
Kairouan | 35°40'N | 10°6'E | 68 (223) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 19 (67) | 313 (12) |
Sfax | 34°43'N | 10°41'E | 23 (75) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 19 (65) | 237 (9) |
Gafsa | 34°25'N | 8°49'E | 314 (1030) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 19 (66) | 194 (8) |
Gabes | 33°53'N | 10°6'E | 5 (16) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 20 (67) | 223 (9) |
Jerba | 33°52'N | 10°46'E | 4 (13) | BSh | - | 20 (68) | 235 (9) |
Djerba | 33°35'N | 10°47'E | 6 (20) | BSh | - | 20 (68) | 219 (9) |
Tunisia Average | 35°15'N | 10°4'E | 58 (190) | BSh | Subtropical thorn woodland | 19 (66) | 330 (13) |