The Bronx

City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

Yankee Stadium 001

Yankee Stadium 001: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview

The Bronx is a city in United States, in New York. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of United States in our atlas.

It lies at 40.85° N, 73.87° W, about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.

Location

Red dot: The Bronx. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

The Bronx has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (21°F). Around 1,236 mm (49 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.

2°-6°Jan813°-5°Feb818°-2°Mar10014°4°Apr10220°10°May9825°16°Jun11729°19°Jul10928°18°Aug11425°14°Sep10518°8°Oct12211°2°Nov915°-2°Dec116mm

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

Bronx Zoo
Bronx ZooMetropolitan zoo in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
The Cloisters
The CloistersMuseum in New York City part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pelham Bay Park
Pelham Bay ParkPublic park in the Bronx, New York
Rucker Park
Rucker ParkPark in the United States of America
Inwood Hill Park
Inwood Hill ParkPark in New York City
Bennett Park
Bennett ParkPark in New York City
Wave HillOrganization in New York, United States
Macombs Dam Bridge
Macombs Dam BridgeBridge between Manhattan and the Bronx, New York

Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.

What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.

Nearby major cities

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Sources

Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.

Photo credits
  • Yankee Stadium 001: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Stavenn Bronx Zoo 00: Stavenn, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • The Cloisters Hudson River crop: Paweł Drozd on Wiki Drozdpl cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 17:05, 27 December 2013 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Pelhambay1: Peter Romano, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • RuckerPark: Buggolo, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Inwoodhillpark: Spiro541, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Bennett Park: David Fass, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Macombs Dam Br 153 park jeh crop: Jim.henderson, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)