Bahawalpur
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
CHOWK SARAIKI BAHAWALPUR: Rao.anil, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bahawalpur is a city in Pakistan, in Punjab. About 903,795 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 29.40° N, 71.68° E, about 121 m (397 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Bahawalpur. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bahawalpur has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 45°C (112°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (44°F). Around 184 mm (7 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 PakistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Multan · 91 km
- Arifwala · 167 km
- Faisalabad · 262 km
- Dera Ismail Khan · 280 km
- Sargodha · 314 km
- Lahore · 353 km
- Gujranwala · 391 km
- Bannu · 411 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1183880 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q318156 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- CHOWK SARAIKI BAHAWALPUR: Rao.anil, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Noor Mahal (FrontView) 01: Syeda Aamna Amjad, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- DARBAR MAHAL BAHAWAL PUR: Tahsin Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bahawalpur museum galleryfull: Unknown, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gulzar Mahal Bahawalpur: Yaarahmadd, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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