Tirunelveli
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nellaiappar2: Vashikaran Rajendrasingh, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tirunelveli is a city in India, in Tamil Nadu. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 26th largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 8.73° N, 77.68° E, about 49 m (161 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tirunelveli. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tirunelveli has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 34°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (66°F). Around 1,292 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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
- Madurai · 141 km
- Tiruchirappalli · 257 km
- Coimbatore · 265 km
- Kallakurichi · 362 km
- Bengaluru · 471 km
- Chennai · 562 km
- Vijayawada · 923 km
- Hyderabad · 965 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1254361 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q213248 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nellaiappar2: Vashikaran Rajendrasingh, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)