Tunis, Tunisia — City Information
City Facts
- Location
- Northern Tunisia.
- Time Zone
- GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October).
- Electricity
- 220/240V, 50Hz, continental two-pin plugs are standard.
- Average January Temperatures
- 16ºC (61ºF).
- Average July Temperatures
- 30ºC (86ºF).
- Average Annual Rainfall
- 1,000mm (40 inches).
Cost of Living
| 1.00 GBP = 2.13 TND |
| 1.00 USD = 1.32 TND |
| 1.00 EUR = 1.87 TND |
| Currency conversion rates as of 19 July 2011 |
Special Events
Carthage International Festival, Jul-Aug, the country's largest cultural festival with music, dance, theater and art in the Roman amphitheater of Carthage (website: www.festival-carthage.com.tn)
Kharja Festival, Sidi Bou Said, Jul-Aug, Sufi brotherhoods gather for a procession up to the shrine of the local Muslim saint after whom the village is named
Festival d'Epervier (Falconry Festival), Jul, four days of falconry demonstrations, live music and a big market. Sparrow hawks are captured during their spring migration, trained and released again after the festival. El-Haouaria, Cap Bon (two hours by bus from Tunis)
Hammamet International Festival, Jul-Aug, a wide variety of international performances of music and theater, Hammamet (one hour by train from Tunis)
Tabarka has several excellent music festivals during the summer: Jazz Festival (second week of Jul; website: www.tabarkajazz.com); World Music Festival (mid-Aug); Latino Festival (third week of Aug) and the superb Rai Festival (end of Aug).
(three hours by bus from Tunis)
Tunis Medina Festival, Oct-Nov, great concerts during Ramadan evenings
Carthage International Film Festival, Oct, every other year (held even-numbered years in Carthage, and other years in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), a prestigious film festival that attracts a few Hollywood names, but the focus is on African and Arab films
