Peshawar
City in Pakistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
City center Peshawar city: Mohammed Ahmed Arsalan Khan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Peshawar is a city in Pakistan, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. About 4.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Pakistan in our atlas.
It lies at 34.01° N, 71.58° E, about 340 m (1,115 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Karachi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Peshawar. Green dots: other major cities of Pakistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Peshawar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 42°C (107°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (39°F). Around 707 mm (28 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 PakistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Islamabad · 138 km
- Rawalpindi · 143 km
- Bannu · 145 km
- Sargodha · 236 km
- Dera Ismail Khan · 250 km
- Gujranwala · 316 km
- Sialkot · 320 km
- Faisalabad · 320 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1168197 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1113311 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- City center Peshawar city: Mohammed Ahmed Arsalan Khan, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Overview Gorkhatree Park: Tan Afridi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Qaid-e-Azam Monument Shahi Bagh Peshawar: Eaak79, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Intricate jharokhas still adorn the house: asif saeed, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tehmas Khan Football Stadium: Eaak79, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
