Taiz
City in Yemen: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Taizz flicr02: ai@ce, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Taiz is a city in Yemen, in Ta‘izz. About 940,600 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Yemen in our atlas.
It lies at 13.58° N, 44.02° E, about 1,400 m (4,593 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Aden time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Taiz. Green dots: other major cities of Yemen. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Taiz has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (61°F). Around 258 mm (10 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in YemenNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ibb · 46 km
- Zabīd · 102 km
- Dhamār · 115 km
- Aden · 141 km
- Al Ḩudaydah · 178 km
- Sayyān · 180 km
- Bājil · 182 km
- Sanaa · 198 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 70225 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q466216 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Taizz flicr02: ai@ce, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jabal saber (15963903633): المصور أنس الحاج, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cairo Castle Taiz,Yemen: Wikissance, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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