Ranchi
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Ranchi is a city in India, in Jharkhand. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 43rd largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 23.34° N, 85.31° E, about 643 m (2,110 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ranchi. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ranchi has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 39°C (102°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 1,323 mm (52 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
- Jamshedpur · 108 km
- Dhanbad · 125 km
- Patna · 250 km
- Howrah · 318 km
- Kolkata · 323 km
- Prayagraj · 423 km
- Raipur · 442 km
- Nowrangapur · 536 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1258526 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q174461 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ranchi Science Centre 8731: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
