Dili
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About
Dili is the capital and largest city of Timor-Leste. It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in by mountains. The climate is tropical with distinct wet and dry seasons.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dili, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Dili
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
30° / 25°
4.5 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
30° / 25°
3.5 mm
UV High
Mon
Thunderstorm
30° / 25°
13.5 mm
UV High
Tue
Thunderstorm
29° / 24°
10.5 mm
UV High
Wed
Thunderstorm
30° / 23°
3.3 mm
UV High
Thu
Thunderstorm
30°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 21°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
11.7h
05:41 – 17:25local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Dili
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport (DIL) at 6 km.
Getting around Dili
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Jürgen Krause.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.