# Dare Suco, Vera Cruz, Dili Municipality – Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/dare/ Suco · Vera Cruz # Dare Dare is a suco (village) of Timor-Leste in Vera Cruz, Dili Municipality. It covers **23.8 km²**. 10 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 4 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 23.8km² - 4mapped services - 673 mtypical elevation ## Where is Dare? Dare lies in [Vera Cruz](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/), [Dili Municipality](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/), [Timor-Leste](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/). It borders 9 other sucos: [Bairro Pite](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/dom-aleixo/bairro-pite/), [Balibar](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/cristo-rei/balibar/), [Comoro](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/dom-aleixo/comoro/), [Cotolau](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/cotolau/), [Fatisi](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/fatisi/), [Lahane Ocidental](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/lahane-ocidental/), [Madabeno](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/madabeno/), [Tohumeta](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/aileu/laulara/tohumeta/) and [Vila Verde](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/vila-verde/). By area it is the 216th largest of 442 sucos in Timor-Leste. It covers 72.9% of [Vera Cruz](https://wherepedia.org/timor-leste/dili/vera-cruz/). The centre of Dare is about 5.0 km in a straight line from Dili, the capital. The centre point is at -8.6021° N, 125.5613° 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 Dare Open gazetteers list **10 villages, towns and localities** in Dare. The largest with a recorded population: Dare (4,052). Settlements here lie between about 102 m and 875 m above sea level (median 673 m). - Bematua - Dare - Fatometa - Fatunaba - Kasanafar - Kerolisa - Lakoto - Laulara - Laulara Lama - Locoliu 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 Dare Named natural and historic features inside Dare, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - River Bemos ### Hills and mountains 5 mountains. - Mount Oronai · 875 m - Mount Fatossuka · 841 m - Mount Fahi Coalau · 837 m - Mount Lacolo · 768 m - Mount Manometalau · 750 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 Dare and the best time to visit Using the climate of Vera Cruz, the warmest month is Nov (average 25 °C) and the coolest is Jul (21 °C), after allowing for this place being about 656 m higher than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 925 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (243 mm) and the driest Aug (4 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 23 243 Feb 22 203 Mar 22 120 Apr 23 54 May 23 33 Jun 22 21 Jul 21 8 Aug 22 4 Sep 23 4 Oct 24 13 Nov 25 54 Dec 24 166 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Dare Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Hospital Lahane · Lahane Ocidental 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57842&mlon=125.58142#map=17/-8.57842/125.58142) Bank BNCTL ATM · Bairro Pite 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56564&mlon=125.55379#map=17/-8.56564/125.55379) ATM BNCTL · Bairro Pite 4.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56267&mlon=125.56053#map=17/-8.56267/125.56053) Petrol pump Rozi Fuel · Bairro Pite 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56516&mlon=125.55796#map=17/-8.56516/125.55796) Hotel Sassib Guest House · Vila Verde 4.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.56538&mlon=125.56930#map=17/-8.56538/125.56930) Mall Yisheng Plaza · Fatuhada 5.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.55372&mlon=125.55631#map=17/-8.55372/125.55631) School Cosafar Dare · Dare 1.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.59264&mlon=125.57130#map=17/-8.59264/125.57130) College ICR-São Tomas de Aquino · Lahane Ocidental 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.57437&mlon=125.58090#map=17/-8.57437/125.58090) Police station Posto Policia Laulara · Dare 3.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-8.60347&mlon=125.59383#map=17/-8.60347/125.59383) 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 Dare Places mapped inside Dare in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 - Schools2 - 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 Vera Cruz - Caicoli - Colmera - Lahane Ocidental - Macarenhas - Motael - Vila Verde ## Quick answers - Where is Dare?In Vera Cruz, Dili Municipality, Timor-Leste - What borders Dare?Bairro Pite, Balibar, Comoro, Cotolau, Fatisi, Lahane Ocidental, Madabeno, Tohumeta and Vila Verde - How many villages are in Dare?10 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Dare?Settlements lie between 102 m and 875 m - What is the highest point in Dare?Mount Oronai (875 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit Dare?April to November - Where is the nearest hospital to Dare?Hospital Lahane, about 3.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Dare?BNCTL ATM, about 4.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Dare?BNCTL, about 4.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Dare?Rozi Fuel, about 4.1 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Dare?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Dare?TL060107 (OCHA common operational dataset)