Faridabad
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
ESIC Faridabad: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Faridabad is a city in India, in Haryana. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 28th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 28.41° N, 77.31° E, about 209 m (686 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone.
Location
Red dot: Faridabad. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Faridabad has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 43°C (109°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 6°C (42°F). Around 750 mm (30 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 IndiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- New Delhi · 25 km
- Delhi · 28 km
- Ghāziābād · 31 km
- Najafgarh · 39 km
- Meerut · 74 km
- Agra · 153 km
- Jaipur · 223 km
- Gwalior · 256 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1271951 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q200663 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- ESIC Faridabad: RAJIVVASUDEV, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dried Badkhal lake: Aradhya (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
