Houston
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Houston montage: Hequals2henry, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Houston is a city in United States, in Texas. About 2.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 29.76° N, 95.36° W, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Chicago time zone.
Location
Red dot: Houston. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Houston has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (40°F). Around 1,246 mm (49 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.
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
- San Antonio · 304 km
- Dallas · 363 km
- Fort Worth · 379 km
- Jacksonville · 1,322 km
- Chicago · 1,534 km
- Phoenix · 1,661 km
- Washington · 2,036 km
- San Diego · 2,126 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4699066 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16555 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Houston montage: Hequals2henry, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chase Tower, a block away: Dhanix at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wells Fargo Plaza Houston TX 2014 08 03 02: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Minute Maid Park 2010: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shell Energy Stadium Geometric Entrance: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bank of America Center Houston 1: Jim Porter from Houston, usa, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Heritage Plaza Building Houston Texas: No machine-readable author provided. W0lfie assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Centerpoint energy plaza: Abreum Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
