Surat
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Surat at night: Hemant meena, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Surat is a city in India, in Gujarat. About 4.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 21.20° N, 72.83° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Surat. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Surat has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (58°F). Around 1,694 mm (67 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
- Vadodara · 129 km
- Nashik · 166 km
- Virār · 193 km
- Ahmedabad · 205 km
- Kalyān · 219 km
- Dombivali · 221 km
- Thāne · 222 km
- Mumbai · 236 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1255364 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4629 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Surat at night: Hemant meena, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Surat Diamond Bourse Aerial View: VaishP, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Blooming flower at heritage square: Imanushkasingh, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cable Bridge Surat, India: Pravega, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
