Tiruchirappalli
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
TrichyCity, KaveriRiver and Srirangam: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tiruchirappalli is a city in India, in Tamil Nadu. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 51st largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 10.82° N, 78.70° E, about 79 m (259 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tiruchirappalli. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tiruchirappalli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (64°F). Around 830 mm (33 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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
- Kallakurichi · 106 km
- Madurai · 118 km
- Coimbatore · 190 km
- Tirunelveli · 257 km
- Bengaluru · 268 km
- Chennai · 306 km
- Vijayawada · 667 km
- Hyderabad · 730 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1254388 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q207754 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- TrichyCity, KaveriRiver and Srirangam: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Anna science centre: Mrsas1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
