Dili
Capital of Timor-Leste: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Aussenministerium und Avenida de Portugal: Jose Fernando Real, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dili is the capital of Timor-Leste, in Dili Municipality. About 150,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Timor-Leste in our atlas.
It lies at 8.56° S, 125.57° E, about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Dili time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Dili. Green dots: other major cities of Timor-Leste. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dili has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (71°F). Around 923 mm (36 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Timor-LesteNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1645457 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9310 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Aussenministerium und Avenida de Portugal: Jose Fernando Real, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Timor Leste Nacional Stadion: Andy4190, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rampa entrada AMRT1: Isabel Nolasco Timor, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gouverneurspalast klein 2002: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2016-01-08 Palaciu Nobre Lahane: José Fernando Real, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Toko Lay, 2023 (03): Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2 Palácio das Cinzas 2018-03-18: José Fernando Real, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Direção Geral do Arquivo Nacional Timor-Leste, 2023 (02): Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2019-06-14 Ponte CPLP Comoro: Parlamento Nacional, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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