New York City
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NYC Downtown Manhattan Skyline seen from Paulus Hook 2019-12-20 IMG 7347 FRD (cropped): Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
New York City is a city in United States, in New York. About 8.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 40.71° N, 74.01° W, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.
Location
Red dot: New York City. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
New York City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (29°F). Around 1,313 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Manhattan · 8 km
- Brooklyn · 9 km
- Queens · 15 km
- The Bronx · 19 km
- Philadelphia · 129 km
- Washington · 325 km
- Chicago · 1,155 km
- Jacksonville · 1,320 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5128581 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q60 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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