Kolkata
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Kolkata is a city in India, in West Bengal. About 4.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 22.56° N, 88.36° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kolkata. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kolkata has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 10°C (50°F). Around 1,566 mm (62 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
- Howrah · 5 km
- Jamshedpur · 225 km
- Dhanbad · 241 km
- Ranchi · 325 km
- Patna · 472 km
- Nowrangapur · 701 km
- Raipur · 705 km
- Prayagraj · 741 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1275004 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1348 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ketan donate4: Ketanmehta4u, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kolkata botanical garden pathway: Jeroje at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Raj Bhaban 1: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The 42: Ahmad Iqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alipore Jail musium: Gopa.bkduttaroy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Marble Palace Kolkata: en:User:Mjanich, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alipore Zoological Garden - Kolkata 2011-05-03 2548: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shahid Minar Kolkata Arnab Dutta 2011: Arnab Dutta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
