Rājkot
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Rajkot - Aji River Overview: Trinidade, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Rājkot is a city in India, in Gujarat. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 29th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 22.29° N, 70.79° E, about 140 m (459 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Rājkot. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Rājkot has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 40°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 11°C (52°F). Around 714 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 IndiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ahmedabad · 201 km
- Surat · 242 km
- Vadodara · 248 km
- Virār · 377 km
- Nashik · 400 km
- Thāne · 409 km
- Dombivali · 415 km
- Kalyān · 415 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1258847 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11854 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Rajkot - Aji River Overview: Trinidade, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kaba Gandhi No Delo - The house were Gandhiji lived during his school days: Nischal9999, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Watson Museum: Sneha N Shetty, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot: Rahilarious, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Crystal Mall Rajkot Road View: Sandipdave123, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
