Mumbai
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panoramic view of Taj Palace Hotel and Taj Tower with the iconic Gateway of India in the background (cropped): iMahesh, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Mumbai is a city in India, in Maharashtra. About 12.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 19.07° N, 72.88° E, about 8 m (26 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mumbai. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mumbai has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (101°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (60°F). Around 2,509 mm (99 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
- Thāne · 16 km
- Dombivali · 26 km
- Kalyān · 33 km
- Virār · 43 km
- Pimpri-Chinchwad · 109 km
- Pimpri · 109 km
- Pune · 119 km
- Nashik · 140 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1275339 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1156 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panoramic view of Taj Palace Hotel and Taj Tower with the iconic Gateway of India in the background (cropped): iMahesh, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- World One: Jackedi07, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palais Royale 1: Tejas Itraj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Powai Lake Summer: Packerworld at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- One Avighna Park 11: Smokingsingh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1 041 one of the gates of Rani baugh: Rangakuvara, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Minerva Mahalaxmi cropped: Sania Lokhandwala, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gilbert Hill: Oknitop at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
