Winnipeg
City in Canada: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Winnipeg skyline (2025): Quintin Soloviev, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Winnipeg is a city in Canada, in Manitoba. About 749,607 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Canada in our atlas.
It lies at 49.88° N, 97.15° W, about 245 m (804 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Winnipeg time zone.
Location
Red dot: Winnipeg. Green dots: other major cities of Canada. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Winnipeg has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 27°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -22°C (-8°F). Around 574 mm (23 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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 CanadaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Calgary · 1,218 km
- Edmonton · 1,236 km
- Brampton · 1,421 km
- Mississauga · 1,433 km
- Hamilton · 1,440 km
- Toronto · 1,443 km
- Ottawa · 1,612 km
- Montréal · 1,754 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 6183235 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2135 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Winnipeg skyline (2025): Quintin Soloviev, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MTS CENTRE b: Wpg guy, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Winnipeg Art Gallery: Cayla at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bomber Stadium: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Manitoba Museum and Planetarium, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ccyyrree, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1ajs january 2009: 1ajs, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- OSEREDOK Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre: Ccyyrree, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 201 Portage Ave, Winnipeg Manitoba 07: Ccyyrree, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
