Hyderabad
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hyderabad Montage 2020: Danloud, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Hyderabad is a city in India, in Telangana. About 7.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 17.38° N, 78.46° E, about 515 m (1,690 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Hyderabad. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hyderabad has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 14°C (57°F). Around 807 mm (32 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 IndiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Vijayawada · 252 km
- Nagpur · 423 km
- Aurangabad · 431 km
- Nowrangapur · 479 km
- Bengaluru · 498 km
- Pune · 503 km
- Visakhapatnam · 504 km
- Pimpri · 511 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1269843 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1361 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hyderabad Montage 2020: Danloud, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Salar Jung Museum, the building and complex in Hyderabad 21: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Falaknuma Palace 01: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium: Cephas 405 at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hyderabad, Chowmahalla Palace, edificio centrale 02: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kbrpark: Cephas 405 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- STONE GATES: Daniyal2404, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Central library renewate: Bhaskaranaidu, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Birla Science Museum Hyd: Munna Aawara, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
