Map of Guwahati, India

Guwahati is a city in Assam, India, with a population of about 962,334. It lies at 26.1844°N, 91.7458°E. Guwahati is about 1,459 km (906 mi) east of New Delhi, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Shillong, 70 km to the south.

Guwahati at a glance

Where is Guwahati?

• The largest city in Assam on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 30 min on the shortest day to 13 h 47 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Guwahati

• Shillong — 70 km south
• Barpeta — 75 km west
• Barpeta Road — 85 km northwest
• Pemagatshel — 101 km north, Bhutan
• Goālpāra — 112 km west
• Hojāi — 113 km east
• Tezpur — 116 km northeast
• Bongaigaon — 123 km west
• Chhātak — 128 km south, Bangladesh
• Kokrajhar — 149 km west

Largest cities in Assam

• Silchar — 178,865
• Dibrugarh — 145,488
• Jorhāt — 126,736
• Tinsukia — 116,322
• Tezpur — 75,540
• Bongaigaon — 67,322
• Dhuburi — 63,388
• Sibsāgar — 62,104
• Diphu — 61,797
• North Lakhimpur — 59,841

Largest cities in India

• Mumbai — 12,691,836
• Delhi — 11,034,555
• Bengaluru — 8,495,492
• Hyderābād — 6,993,262
• Ahmedabad — 6,357,693
• Chennai — 4,681,087
• Kolkata — 4,631,392
• Surat — 4,591,246
• Pune — 3,124,458
• Jaipur — 3,046,163

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.