Doba
City in Chad: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Université de Doba: Legeekdunord, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Doba is a city in Chad, in Logone Oriental. About 70,942 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Chad in our atlas.
It lies at 8.66° N, 16.85° E, about 391 m (1,283 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ndjamena time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Doba. Green dots: other major cities of Chad. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Doba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,005 mm (40 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
- Moundou · 86 km
- Kelo · 135 km
- Sarh · 176 km
- Pala · 227 km
- Bongor · 242 km
- N'Djamena · 431 km
- Am Timan · 460 km
- Abéché · 721 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2433437 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49295402 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Université de Doba: Legeekdunord, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)