Bhopal
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Taj Mahal, Bhopal: Abhishek727 Abhishek Mishra, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bhopal is a city in India, in Madhya Pradesh. About 1.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 18th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 23.25° N, 77.40° E, about 523 m (1,716 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bhopal. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bhopal has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 42°C (108°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (48°F). Around 1,216 mm (48 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
- Indore · 171 km
- Jabalpur · 260 km
- Kota · 267 km
- Nagpur · 290 km
- Gwalior · 339 km
- Aurangabad · 430 km
- Jaipur · 439 km
- Agra · 441 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1275841 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q80989 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Taj Mahal, Bhopal: Abhishek727 Abhishek Mishra, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alligator at Van Vihar National Park: Sudheer Pandey, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BadaTalaabBhopal3: Sanyam Bahga, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bharat Bhavan Bhopal inside-1: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Outside View of State Museum Bhopal: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Regional Science Centre, Bhopal - mechanical energy - Rube Goldberg machine: Utkarshraj Atmaram, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kamalapati Mahal Bhopal: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
