Khulna
City in Bangladesh: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zero point, khulna: Ferdous, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Khulna is a city in Bangladesh, in Khulna Division. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Bangladesh in our atlas.
It lies at 22.81° N, 89.56° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Dhaka time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Khulna. Green dots: other major cities of Bangladesh. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Khulna has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 10°C (51°F). Around 1,775 mm (70 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 BangladeshNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Dhaka · 132 km
- Savar · 135 km
- Kafrul · 137 km
- Bhatara · 142 km
- Tungi · 148 km
- Gazipur · 158 km
- Comilla · 181 km
- Natore · 187 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1336135 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q243325 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Zero point, khulna: Ferdous, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Khulna Divisional Museum (01): David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rupsha bridge: Balaram Mahalder, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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