Moundou
City in Chad: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
La ville de Moundou 4: Korom10, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Moundou is a city in Chad, in Logone Occidental. About 196,124 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Chad in our atlas.
It lies at 8.57° N, 16.08° E, about 402 m (1,319 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Ndjamena time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Moundou. Green dots: other major cities of Chad. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Moundou 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 16°C (61°F). Around 1,041 mm (41 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
- Doba · 86 km
- Kelo · 87 km
- Pala · 156 km
- Bongor · 205 km
- Sarh · 261 km
- N'Djamena · 408 km
- Am Timan · 537 km
- Abéché · 783 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2427455 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q333074 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- La ville de Moundou 4: Korom10, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)