Kuwait City
Capital of Kuwait: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
LiberationTower: User:Deepak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kuwait City is the capital of Kuwait, in Al Asimah. About 60,064 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Kuwait in our atlas.
It lies at 29.37° N, 47.97° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kuwait time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kuwait City. Green dots: other major cities of Kuwait. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kuwait City has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 42°C (108°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 10°C (50°F). Around 47 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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 KuwaitNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 285787 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q35178 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- LiberationTower: User:Deepak, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Al Hamra Kuwait Mai 2010: J.Stiegler, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kuwait towers: Mikael Lindmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 se (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arayaa and kbt towers from kuwait by irvin calicut: irvin calicut, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazmastadium: Ahmadalshami at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- ArabiStagium: Ahmadalshami at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Water towerz kuwait (2): irvin calicut, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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