Tapaktuan
Tapaktuan is a town in the southwest of Aceh province. The town is the capital (seat of the government) of South Aceh Regency.
Climate[]
Tapaktuan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
hideClimate data for Tapaktuan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 251 (9.9) |
213 (8.4) |
323 (12.7) |
350 (13.8) |
246 (9.7) |
178 (7.0) |
197 (7.8) |
227 (8.9) |
267 (10.5) |
344 (13.5) |
353 (13.9) |
301 (11.9) |
3,250 (128) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[1] |
Further reading[]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Tapak Tuan. |
- See The Fourth Circle: A political ecology of Sumatra's rainforest frontier by John F McCarthy (Stanford University Press, 2006).
Coordinates: 3°15′N 97°10′E / 3.250°N 97.167°E
References[]
- ^ "Climate: Tapaktuan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
Categories:
- Populated places in Aceh
- Regency seats of Aceh
- Aceh geography stubs