Jabalpur
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Jabalpur is a city in India, in Madhya Pradesh. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 44th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 23.17° N, 79.95° E, about 416 m (1,365 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jabalpur. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jabalpur has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 43°C (109°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (48°F). Around 1,339 mm (53 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
- Nagpur · 241 km
- Bhopal · 260 km
- Raipur · 275 km
- Prayagraj · 318 km
- Kanpur · 368 km
- Gwalior · 385 km
- Lucknow · 420 km
- Indore · 423 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1269633 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q200878 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Madan mahal: Chetansoni, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

