Yaren
Capital of Nauru: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Yaren is the capital of Nauru, in Yaren District. About 1,100 people live in the city proper.
It lies at 0.55° S, 166.93° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Pacific/Nauru time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Yaren. Green dots: other major cities of Nauru. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yaren has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Mar at about 28°C (82°F). Around 1,764 mm (69 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 NauruNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 7626461 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49755176 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Buada Lagoon, Nauru 2007: Lorrie Graham/AusAID, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nauru-WWIIrelic: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dining Hall - Topside immigration processing compound, Nauru: DIAC images, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Linkbelt Oval (Nauru): Sean Kelleher, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 總統「海洋民主之旅」參觀諾魯博物館 04: 總統府, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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