Jamshedpur
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Cityscapes of Jamshedpur: Shahbaz26, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Jamshedpur is a city in India, in Jharkhand. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 31st largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 22.80° N, 86.19° E, about 171 m (561 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jamshedpur. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jamshedpur has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (48°F). Around 1,477 mm (58 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
- Ranchi · 108 km
- Dhanbad · 113 km
- Howrah · 220 km
- Kolkata · 224 km
- Patna · 328 km
- Raipur · 497 km
- Prayagraj · 532 km
- Nowrangapur · 544 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1269300 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q200054 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Cityscapes of Jamshedpur: Shahbaz26, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- JRD Tata sports complex from Straight Mile Rd.,Sakchi II - panoramio: devx, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur: Alok Prasad, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jubilee Park, Jamshedpur: Shahbaz26, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
