Lucknow

Overview

Lucknow is a city in India, in Uttar Pradesh. About 2.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of India in our atlas.

It lies at 26.84° N, 80.92° E, about 126 m (413 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone.

Location

Red dot: Lucknow. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Lucknow has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 43°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (45°F). Around 916 mm (36 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

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AwadhiIndo-Aryan language spoken in Northern India

Sikandar BaghPresent day Park which was stormed in 1857 by the British during the Indian Rebellion

Chattar ManzilPalace in Uttar Pradesh, India

Vidhan BhawanSeat of Uttar Pradesh legislature

State museum LucknowMuseum in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Raj Bhavan (Uttar Pradesh)Building in India

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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani UdyanZoo in Lucknow, India

Musa BaghGarden complex in Lucknow, India

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

Nearby major cities

• Kanpur · 70 km
• Prayagraj · 180 km
• Gwalior · 281 km
• Agra · 290 km
• Meerut · 397 km
• Faridabad · 398 km
• Ghāziābād · 400 km
• New Delhi · 417 km

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