Srinagar
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Srinagar pano: KennyOMG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Srinagar is a city in India, in Jammu and Kashmir. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 38th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 34.09° N, 74.81° E, about 1,589 m (5,213 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone.
Location
Red dot: Srinagar. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Srinagar has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 25°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -8°C (18°F). Around 773 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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
- Ludhiana · 365 km
- Meerut · 626 km
- Najafgarh · 640 km
- Delhi · 643 km
- New Delhi · 646 km
- Ghāziābād · 649 km
- Faridabad · 671 km
- Jaipur · 801 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1255634 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q170115 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Srinagar pano: KennyOMG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dal LakeVR: Basharat Shah, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- RSGC: Mehrajmir13, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nagin Lake (Srinagar): Fjdelisle, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gil Sar: Demonkiller (talk) (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pari Mahal, Srinagar: Vinay Parepalli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chashme Shahi: Amitraina at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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