Tuy Hòa
Provincial city in Phú Yên, Vietnam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tuy Hòa (ⓘ) is a former coastal city and capital of Phú Yên province in the South Central Coast region of 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 Quy 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
Tuy Hòa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: As), very close to a tropical monsoon climate (Am)[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
Transportation
By air
The city is served by Đông Tác Airport which lies south of Tuy Hòa.
By land
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.
Gallery
Đà Rằng Bridge, Tuy Hòa, Phú Yên
Street in Tuy Hòa viewed from Nghinh Phong tower
Nhạn Tower
Tuy Hòa city view from Champa Temple on Nhan mountain
