Bizerte
City in Tunisia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Old port of Bizerte, 2008: Letaief, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bizerte is a city in Tunisia, in Bizerte Governorate. About 138,430 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Tunisia in our atlas.
It lies at 37.27° N, 9.87° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Tunis time zone.
Location
Red dot: Bizerte. Green dots: other major cities of Tunisia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bizerte has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 27°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 12°C (54°F). Around 656 mm (26 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Sukrah · 55 km
- Tunis · 57 km
- Sīdī Ḥusayn · 61 km
- El Mourouj · 69 km
- Sousse · 174 km
- Kairouan · 178 km
- Sakiet ed Daier · 287 km
- Sfax · 292 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2472706 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q189546 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Old port of Bizerte, 2008: Letaief, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)