Pune
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Shaniwar Wada Main Gate 01: Pravega, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pune is a city in India, in Maharashtra. About 3.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 18.52° N, 73.86° E, about 554 m (1,818 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pune. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pune has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (53°F). Around 1,730 mm (68 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
- Pimpri-Chinchwad · 12 km
- Pimpri · 13 km
- Kalyān · 110 km
- Dombivali · 112 km
- Mumbai · 119 km
- Thāne · 120 km
- Virār · 151 km
- Nashik · 164 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1259229 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1538 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Shaniwar Wada Main Gate 01: Pravega, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The front view of Aga Khan Palace.: Aakash.gautam, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Building of Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune: DesiBoy101, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bharat Itihas sanshodhak Mandal pune outer wive: Ganesh suresh salunke, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vetal tekdi: Pakshya, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Building of Mahatma Phule Museum, Pune: DesiBoy101, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pashan Lake: soham_pablo, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
