Tadjoura
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About
Tadjoura is one of the oldest towns in Djibouti and the capital of the Tadjourah Region. The town rose to prominence in the early 19th century as an alternative port to nearby Zeila. Lying on the Gulf of Tadjoura, it is home to a population of around 19,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest city in the country after Djibouti and Ali Sabieh.
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The next week in Tadjoura
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Thunderstorm
37° / 28°
UV Very high
Sat
Thunderstorm
39° / 29°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
37° / 31°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
37° / 31°
UV High
Tue
Partly cloudy
37° / 30°
UV Very high
Wed
Thunderstorm
36° / 30°
UV High
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
42° / 23°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
05:44 – 18:24local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Tadjoura
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB) at 40 km.
Getting around Tadjoura
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.