Patna
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Aerial view, Patna (314731093): Chandan Singh from India, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Patna is a city in India, in Bihar. About 1.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 21st largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 25.59° N, 85.14° E, about 53 m (174 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone.
Location
Red dot: Patna. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Patna has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 42°C (108°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 996 mm (39 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
- Dhanbad · 238 km
- Ranchi · 250 km
- Jamshedpur · 327 km
- Prayagraj · 330 km
- Lucknow · 444 km
- Howrah · 462 km
- Kolkata · 466 km
- Kanpur · 489 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1260086 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q80484 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Aerial view, Patna (314731093): Chandan Singh from India, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gandhi Setu in Patna, India: AksveerCropped by User:Lovysinghal using GIMP 2.6.10., CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Patnamuseum1: Manoj nav at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bihar museum: Summit Kumar Shaurya, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- गाेलघर 12: कवि कलाकार हिमांशु मान्ने, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ruins of Patliputra at Kumhrar: Manoj nav at en.wiki, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- New Gandhi statue Patna 01: Shivamsetu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
