Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Central Region
• Level 2: Bāgmatī Zone

Current local time in Kathmandu:

11:34 AM, Monday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Kathmandu on map:^[1]

Kathmandu GPS coordinates^[2]

27° 42' 6.084" North, 85° 19' 14.16" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	28.32244°,	84.61748°
Center:	27.70169°,	85.3206°
Lower-right:	27.07739°,	86.02373°
Map W x H:	138.4×138.4 km	= 86×86mi

max Lat:	30.04651°   ⇑54.1% North
Kathmandu:	27.70169°
min Lat:	⇓45.9% South 26.45505°

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min Long	Kathmandu	max Long
80.17715°	85.3206°	88.09436°
W 59.5%⇐		⇒40.5% E

Elevation

Elevation of Kathmandu is 1296 m = 4252 ft, and this is 120.8 m = 396 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	5251 m = 17228 ft	43.2%
Kathmandu	1296 m 4252 ft
Avg.	1175.2 m = 3856 ft
Min E:	72 m = 236 ft	56.8%

See also: Kathmandu elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Kathmandu is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 474.2 km =294.7 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Kathmandu
North Pole	6926.9	4304.2	to North
Arctic Circle	4321	2684.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	474.2	294.7	to South
Equator	3080.1	1913.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Kathmandu: (largest is in red/bold)

• Banepā 21.3 km =13.2 mi, 111°
• Bhaktapur 11.2 km =7 mi, 106°
• Chhetrapa1 78.4 km =48.7 mi, 92°
• Dhulikhel 23.6 km =14.7 mi, 112°
• Hari Bdr Tamang House 15.8 km =9.8 mi, 120°
• Hetauda 41.6 km =25.8 mi, 223°
• Kirtipur 5 km =3.1 mi, 238°
• Kothari 68.8 km =42.8 mi, 65°
• Madhyapur Thimi 7 km =4.3 mi, 109°
• Nagarkot 19.8 km =12.3 mi, 85°
• Panauti 23.7 km =14.7 mi, 123°
• Panauti̇̄ 23.1 km =14.4 mi, 124°
• Pātan 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 192°
• Rāmechhāp 86.4 km =53.7 mi, 118°
• kankrabari Dovan 15.9 km =9.9 mi, 120°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Katmandú
• In France: Katmandou
• In Russian: Катманду
• In Chinese: 加德滿都