Dallas
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dallas Skyline with Arts District: Gattacal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dallas is a city in United States, in Texas. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 32.78° N, 96.81° W, about 128 m (420 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Chicago time zone.
Location
Red dot: Dallas. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dallas has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 36°C (97°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (33°F). Around 921 mm (36 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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 StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Fort Worth · 48 km
- Houston · 361 km
- San Antonio · 405 km
- Chicago · 1,320 km
- Phoenix · 1,427 km
- Jacksonville · 1,440 km
- San Diego · 1,900 km
- Washington · 1,966 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4684888 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16557 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dallas Skyline with Arts District: Gattacal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bank of America Plaza - Dallas: User Drumguy8800 on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dallas July 2015 08 (Texas School Book Depository): Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dallas Renaissance Tower 1: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fountain place: Kumar Appaiah, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas (15398603979): Per-Olof Forsberg, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dallas Meadows Museum 1: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- JPMorganChaseTower: User:Nmajdan, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
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