Gent
City in Belgium: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Gent vanuit Meestentoren1: Torsade de Pointes, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gent is a city in Belgium, in Flanders. About 265,086 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Belgium in our atlas.
It lies at 51.05° N, 3.72° E, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Brussels time zone.
Location
Red dot: Gent. Green dots: other major cities of Belgium. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gent has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 0°C (32°F). Around 778 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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.
What to eat in BelgiumNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Brugge · 39 km
- Anderlecht · 48 km
- Brussels · 49 km
- Schaerbeek · 50 km
- Antwerp · 51 km
- Charleroi · 87 km
- Namur · 103 km
- Liège · 137 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2797656 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q31590146 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Gent vanuit Meestentoren1: Torsade de Pointes, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)