Travel Alert Status
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Time Difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Tunisia's climate is temperate with generally mild winters and hot summers. The countryside is quite green in winter and spring; and becomes dry and brown in summer. Winters are are short, rainy, humid and chilly. The temperature is rarely below freezing. Snow falls in the northwestern mountain region. Summers in Tunis are characterized by high temperatures, occasionally reaching 120°F, with an average humidity of 60% to 70% during June, July, and August; evenings are pleasant. From mid-May until mid-October, the sky is usually cloudless and little rain falls. In an average year, only 120 days have any rainfall.
Travel Currency
Tunisian dinar (TND)
Languages
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Ethnic Groups
Arab 98%, European 1%, Jewish and other 1%
National Holiday
Independence Day, 20 March (1956); Revolution and Youth Day, 14 January (2011)
Geographic Coordinates
34 00 N, 9 00 E
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
Airports
15