Philadelphia
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Philadelphia skyline 20240528 (cropped): 颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Philadelphia is a city in United States, in Pennsylvania. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 39.95° N, 75.16° W, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.
Location
Red dot: Philadelphia. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Philadelphia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (22°F). Around 1,228 mm (48 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
- Brooklyn · 129 km
- New York City · 130 km
- Manhattan · 137 km
- Queens · 139 km
- The Bronx · 149 km
- Washington · 198 km
- Chicago · 1,083 km
- Jacksonville · 1,202 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 4560349 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1345 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Philadelphia skyline 20240528 (cropped): 颐园居, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Exterior of the Independence Hall, Aug 2019: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Philadelphia-CityHall-2006: Versatile Aure, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Comcast Philly: Smallbones, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia: César Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Burghers of Calais - www.joyofmuseums.com - Rodin Museum, Philadelphia 2: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Liberty Bell, Independence Hall: Bev Sykes from Davis, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Citc: TypoBoy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Municipal Stadium Philadelphia: Dallin Aerial Survey Collection, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
