# Rairobo Suco, Atabae, Bobonaro Municipality – Villages & Map

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/atabae/rairobo/

Suco · Atabae 

# Rairobo

Rairobo is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Atabae, Bobonaro Municipality. It covers **38.6 km²**. 6 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 38.6km²
- 3mapped services
- 386 mtypical elevation

## Where is Rairobo?

Rairobo lies in [Atabae](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/atabae/), [Bobonaro Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 4 other sucos: [Aidabaleten](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/atabae/aidabaleten/), [Atabae](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/atabae/atabae/), [Gugleur](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/gugleur/) and [Vatuboro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/liquica/maubara/vatuboro/). By area it is the 136th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 15.3% of [Atabae](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/bobonaro/atabae/). The centre of Rairobo is about 53 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.7825° N, 125.1468° E.

Source: [WHO via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-tls).

## Villages and localities in Rairobo

Open gazetteers list **6 villages, towns and localities** in Rairobo. Settlements here lie between about 205 m and 585 m above sea level (median 386 m).

- Faturaseh
- Goulete
- Limanaro
- Poetete
- Rairobo
- Tapoboten

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Rairobo

Named natural and historic features inside Rairobo, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Hills and mountains

5 mountains; 2 hills.

- Foho Gagaplaun · 956 m
- Foho Gagaplaun · 951 m
- Foho Foirislaun · 713 m
- Foho Bitietan · 506 m
- Foho Faturaseh · 310 m
- Foho Laubian · 249 m
- Foho Naobakulaun · 142 m

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Rairobo and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Atabae, the warmest month is Nov (average 27 °C) and the coolest is Jul (23 °C), after allowing for this place being about 315 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 1,094 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (276 mm) and the driest Aug (5 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 24 276 

Feb 24 242 

Mar 24 147 

Apr 24 60 

May 24 39 

Jun 23 24 

Jul 23 11 

Aug 23 5 

Sep 25 6 

Oct 26 16 

Nov 27 66 

Dec 25 203 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Rairobo

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital Centro de Saúde Rairoco · Rairobo 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.81424&mlon=125.15607#map=17/-8.81424/125.15607) 

Bank BNCTL · Odomau 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98917&mlon=125.21597#map=17/-8.98917/125.21597) 

Petrol pump Queyubun Laco Konbustivel · Ritabou 22 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.96408&mlon=125.21689#map=17/-8.96408/125.21689) 

Hotel Bemart Jong Guest House · Aidabaleten 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.78819&mlon=125.10140#map=17/-8.78819/125.10140) 

School EBF Rairobo · Rairobo 3.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.81503&mlon=125.15474#map=17/-8.81503/125.15474) 

College IOB dan ETI · Odomau 24 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.98951&mlon=125.19846#map=17/-8.98951/125.19846) 

Police station Asrama Polisia · Rairobo 4.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.81773&mlon=125.15200#map=17/-8.81773/125.15200) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Rairobo

Places mapped inside Rairobo in open map data, by type.

- Hospitals1
- Schools1
- Police stations1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other sucos in Atabae

- Aidabaleten
- Atabae
- Hataz

## Quick answers

- Where is Rairobo?In Atabae, Bobonaro Municipality, Timor-Leste
- What borders Rairobo?Aidabaleten, Atabae, Gugleur and Vatuboro
- How many villages are in Rairobo?6 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Rairobo?Settlements lie between 205 m and 585 m
- What is the highest point in Rairobo?Foho Gagaplaun (956 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Rairobo?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Rairobo?Centro de Saúde Rairoco, about 3.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Rairobo?BNCTL, about 24 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Rairobo?Queyubun Laco Konbustivel, about 22 km from the centre
- How many hospitals are in Rairobo?1 mapped
- What is the P-code of Rairobo?TL040403 (OCHA common operational dataset)
