Ahmedabad
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Amdavad Aerial: JJaimin, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ahmedabad is a city in India, in Gujarat. About 6.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 23.03° N, 72.59° E, about 56 m (184 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ahmedabad. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ahmedabad has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 44°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 11°C (52°F). Around 770 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in IndiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Vadodara · 103 km
- Rājkot · 201 km
- Surat · 205 km
- Indore · 333 km
- Nashik · 358 km
- Jodhpur · 362 km
- Virār · 397 km
- Kota · 409 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1279233 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1070 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Amdavad Aerial: JJaimin, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Narendra Modi Stadium view from the gallery: A Cricket Premi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- GANDHI ASHRAM 03: Umar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- VASTRAPUR LAKE2, AHMEDABAD GUFRAN KHAN: Gufran Khan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kochrab ashram at night: Public.Resource.Org, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sanskar Kendra Museum: Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Law Garden, Ahmedabad - India (4050720558): Emmanuel DYAN from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Amdavad ni gufa: Vaishal Dalal, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Manekchok: Jaimil joshi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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