Am Timan
City in Chad: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Marche du dimanche à AM-TIMAN: Chrisrosenk, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Am Timan is a city in Chad, in Salamat. About 74,691 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Chad in our atlas.
It lies at 11.04° N, 20.28° E, about 441 m (1,447 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ndjamena time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Am Timan. Green dots: other major cities of Chad. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Am Timan has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 42°C (107°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 16°C (61°F). Around 821 mm (32 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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.
What to eat in ChadNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sarh · 295 km
- Abéché · 315 km
- Doba · 458 km
- Kelo · 524 km
- Moundou · 534 km
- Bongor · 541 km
- N'Djamena · 583 km
- Pala · 615 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 245338 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q451529 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Marche du dimanche à AM-TIMAN: Chrisrosenk, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)