Jacksonville
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Jacksonville skyline: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jacksonville is a city in United States, in Florida. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 30.33° N, 81.66° W, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.
Location
Red dot: Jacksonville. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jacksonville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 5°C (42°F). Around 1,286 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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
- Washington · 1,048 km
- Philadelphia · 1,236 km
- Houston · 1,315 km
- Brooklyn · 1,363 km
- New York City · 1,366 km
- Queens · 1,371 km
- Manhattan · 1,374 km
- The Bronx · 1,386 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4160021 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16568 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Jacksonville skyline: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- EverBank1: AndrewAvitus, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- WellsFargoJaxFL: Excel23, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- FloridaVsFSUBaseballGroundsJacksonville: Porsche997SBS, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 10-moca-jacksonville: Mocando at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Riverplace Tower in Jacksonville: Excel23, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Florida Theater at night: Craig ONeal, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aerial View of the Gator Bowl Stadium During Show at the 1954 Game Between Auburn University and Baylor University- Jacksonville, Florida (5296888516): Florida Memory, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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