Hyderabad
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Hyderabad is a city in Pakistan, in Sindh. About 1.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 25.40° N, 68.38° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Hyderabad. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hyderabad has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 42°C (107°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (48°F). Around 195 mm (8 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Karachi · 149 km
- Quetta · 549 km
- Bahawalpur · 554 km
- Multan · 617 km
- Arifwala · 718 km
- Dera Ismail Khan · 758 km
- Faisalabad · 818 km
- Sargodha · 858 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1176734 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1640079 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Sindh museum: Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rani Bagh view1: Saqib Qayyum, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Front entrance facade - Mukhi Mahal: Sara Yaqoob Siddiqui (s.Y.s), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
