Pala
City in Chad: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Cattedrale di Pala (Ciad): Luiclemens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Pala is a city in Chad, in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest. About 70,677 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Chad in our atlas.
It lies at 9.36° N, 14.91° 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: Pala. Green dots: other major cities of Chad. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 40°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 17°C (62°F). Around 998 mm (39 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
- Kelo · 99 km
- Bongor · 114 km
- Moundou · 155 km
- Doba · 227 km
- N'Djamena · 305 km
- Sarh · 381 km
- Am Timan · 618 km
- Abéché · 817 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2426240 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1774419 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Cattedrale di Pala (Ciad): Luiclemens, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)