Faisalabad
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Clocktower Faisalabad, Panorama: Minhajian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Faisalabad is a city in Pakistan, in Punjab. About 3.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 31.42° N, 73.09° E, about 186 m (610 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Faisalabad. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Faisalabad has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 44°C (111°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (42°F). Around 428 mm (17 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 PakistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Sargodha · 84 km
- Lahore · 120 km
- Arifwala · 125 km
- Gujranwala · 132 km
- Sialkot · 182 km
- Multan · 204 km
- Dera Ismail Khan · 212 km
- Rawalpindi · 242 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1179400 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q173985 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Clocktower Faisalabad, Panorama: Minhajian, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Iqbal Cricket Stadium Faisalabad PAKISTAN: Kathy Lachina, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gumti: Minhajian at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
