Aurangabad
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bibi Ka Maqbara in the morning hours, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India 37: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Aurangabad is a city in India, in Maharashtra. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 41st largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 19.88° N, 75.34° E, about 588 m (1,929 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Aurangabad. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Aurangabad has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 41°C (106°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 798 mm (31 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
- Nashik · 162 km
- Pimpri · 212 km
- Pimpri-Chinchwad · 213 km
- Pune · 216 km
- Kalyān · 241 km
- Dombivali · 247 km
- Thāne · 260 km
- Virār · 268 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1278149 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q200713 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bibi Ka Maqbara in the morning hours, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India 37: Amitabha Gupta, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soneri Mahal, Aurangabad: मयुरेश खडके, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Naukhanda: IXU79, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
