Milan
City in Italy: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Milan is a city in Italy, in Lombardy. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Italy in our atlas.
It lies at 45.46° N, 9.19° E, about 122 m (400 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Rome time zone.
Location
Red dot: Milan. Green dots: other major cities of Italy. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Milan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (31°F). Around 985 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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 ItalyNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Genoa · 119 km
- Turin · 125 km
- Verona · 140 km
- Bologna · 199 km
- Florence · 246 km
- Rome · 473 km
- Naples · 647 km
- Bari · 768 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3173435 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49295412 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 20110725 Milano La Scala 5507: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20110725 Castello Sforzesco Milan 5557: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Milan - Pinacothèque de Brera - Cour intérieure: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mi-Milano-1959-Grattacielo-Pirelli: Albertomos, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Milano - piazzale Loreto: Arbalete, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A model in wood of imperial era Mediolanum, Civico museo archeologico di Milano (8441760743): Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Il palazzo che ospita il Museo Poldi-Pezzoli in via Manzoni, Milano: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Veduta di tre quarti del Palazzo Reale di Milano: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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