Vijayawada
City in India: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vijayawada from Gandhi Hill: en:user:Man praveen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Vijayawada is a city in India, in Andhra Pradesh. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 42nd largest city of India in our atlas.
It lies at 16.51° N, 80.65° E, about 47 m (154 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kolkata time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Vijayawada. Green dots: other major cities of India. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Vijayawada has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,026 mm (40 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
- Hyderabad · 253 km
- Visakhapatnam · 301 km
- Rasapūdipalem · 315 km
- Nowrangapur · 364 km
- Chennai · 382 km
- Bengaluru · 509 km
- Raipur · 535 km
- Nagpur · 541 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1253184 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q200017 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vijayawada from Gandhi Hill: en:user:Man praveen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Undavalli Caves - Copy: NikhilSvp, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Aerial view of Indira Gandhi Stadium during 35th Vijayawada Book Festival: Saiphani02, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Statue of Social Justice, At night: Mr Nerd 96, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Governor Bhavanam: Governor of Andhra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
