Chennai
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ripon Building aerial view: Saiphani02, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chennai is a city in India, in Tamil Nadu. About 4.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 13.09° N, 80.28° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Chennai. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chennai has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 1,253 mm (49 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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
- Kallakurichi · 207 km
- Bengaluru · 291 km
- Tiruchirappalli · 305 km
- Vijayawada · 382 km
- Madurai · 422 km
- Coimbatore · 426 km
- Hyderabad · 516 km
- Tirunelveli · 559 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1264527 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1352 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- Ripon Building aerial view: Saiphani02, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kamarajar Salai and Marina Beach: This Image was created by User:PlaneMad. If you are using the image under the creative commons share alike license pleas, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guindy national park: abhidg, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nehru Stadium Chennai: ArsenalFan700, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Madras museum theatre in October 2007: L.vivian.richard at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chepauk Palace: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Valluvar Kottam Edit1: Valluvar_Kottam.JPG: Joe Ravi derivative work: Kingpin13 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Elliots Beach at Besant Nagar, Chennai: KARTY JazZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
