Kanpur
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kanpur is a city in India, in Uttar Pradesh. About 2.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 26.47° N, 80.35° E, about 137 m (449 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kanpur. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kanpur has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 44°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 845 mm (33 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
- Lucknow · 70 km
- Prayagraj · 187 km
- Gwalior · 218 km
- Agra · 245 km
- Jabalpur · 368 km
- Faridabad · 371 km
- Ghāziābād · 379 km
- Meerut · 383 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1267995 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q66568 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Green Park International Stadium Kanpur: Ovalhighlander, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kanpur Zoological Park (97640): Sonalyadav1234, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- GangaBarrage: Urprakhar at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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