Birmingham
City in United Kingdom: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Birmingham-Skyline-from-Edgbaston-crop: JimmyGuano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Birmingham is a city in United Kingdom, in England. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of United Kingdom in our atlas.
It lies at 52.48° N, 1.90° W, about 149 m (489 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/London time zone.
Location
Red dot: Birmingham. Green dots: other major cities of United Kingdom. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Birmingham has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 1°C (33°F). Around 765 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 United KingdomNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Coventry · 27 km
- Leicester · 55 km
- Sheffield · 104 km
- Manchester · 113 km
- Bristol · 123 km
- Birkenhead · 126 km
- Liverpool · 126 km
- Cardiff · 141 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2655603 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2256 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Birmingham-Skyline-from-Edgbaston-crop: JimmyGuano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- TiltonRoadEnd01: Bruker:TuborgLight, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chamberlain Square - geograph.org.uk - 556412: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alexander Stadium Birmingham 2022: Broomcleaning2006, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BirminghamBarberInstitute: GavinWarrins, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Holloway Circus Tower Birmingham (cropped): Erebus555, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BirminghamTownHallVictoriaSquare: GavinWarrins, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Weoley Castle Square, Birmingham: Azylber, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Birmingham Botanical Gardens, rose garden. - geograph.org.uk - 835649: Annette Randle, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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