Bannu
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bannu, Pakistan: Omer Wazir from Tucson, AZ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bannu is a city in Pakistan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 32.99° N, 70.60° E, about 379 m (1,243 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Bannu. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bannu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (38°F). Around 548 mm (22 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Dera Ismail Khan · 131 km
- Peshawar · 145 km
- Sargodha · 217 km
- Rawalpindi · 237 km
- Islamabad · 241 km
- Faisalabad · 290 km
- Multan · 320 km
- Gujranwala · 346 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1183460 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q806916 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bannu, Pakistan: Omer Wazir from Tucson, AZ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)