Edmonton
City in Canada: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Downtown edmonton: IQRemix, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Edmonton is a city in Canada, in Alberta. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Canada in our atlas.
It lies at 53.55° N, 113.47° W, about 668 m (2,192 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Edmonton time zone.
Location
Red dot: Edmonton. Green dots: other major cities of Canada. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Edmonton has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -14°C (6°F). Around 520 mm (20 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 CanadaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Calgary · 280 km
- Surrey · 790 km
- Vancouver · 796 km
- Winnipeg · 1,151 km
- Brampton · 2,478 km
- Mississauga · 2,489 km
- Hamilton · 2,495 km
- Toronto · 2,498 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5946768 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2096 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Downtown edmonton: IQRemix, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Clarke Stadium: Jason Woodhead, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Muttart Conservatories Edmonton Alberta Canada 01A: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Royal Alberta Museum New: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- StantecTower: Jarodsc18, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Manulife Place Edmonton: Thankyoubaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Icon Towers 10: Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
