Coimbatore
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Coimbatore is a city in India, in Tamil Nadu. About 2.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 11.01° N, 76.97° E, about 411 m (1,348 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Coimbatore. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Coimbatore has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 16°C (61°F). Around 1,142 mm (45 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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
- Madurai · 174 km
- Tiruchirappalli · 190 km
- Bengaluru · 229 km
- Kallakurichi · 232 km
- Tirunelveli · 265 km
- Chennai · 429 km
- Hyderabad · 726 km
- Vijayawada · 731 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1273865 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q9885 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, coimbatore: Sueellen72, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Town Hall Coimbatore: Magentic Manifestations, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1956 Plymouth Plaza, Gedee Car Museum, Coimbatore, IND (1): SnapMeUp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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