Map of Varanasi, India

Varanasi is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, with a population of about 1,164,404. It lies at 25.3167°N, 83.0104°E. Varanasi is about 682 km (424 mi) southeast of New Delhi, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Rāmnagar, 6 km to the south.

Varanasi at a glance

Where is Varanasi?

• The 40th largest city in India by recorded population.
• The 6th largest city in Uttar Pradesh on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 34 min on the shortest day to 13 h 43 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Varanasi

• Rāmnagar — 6 km south
• Mughal Sarāi — 12 km east
• Chunār — 25 km southwest
• Bhadohi — 45 km west
• Mirzāpur — 49 km southwest
• Gyānpur — 55 km west
• Jaunpur — 58 km northwest
• Ghazīpur — 65 km northeast
• Bhabhua — 67 km southeast
• Robertsganj — 70 km south

Largest cities in Uttar Pradesh

• Kanpur — 2,823,249
• Lucknow — 2,472,011
• Agra — 1,430,055
• Meerut — 1,223,184
• Ghāziābād — 1,199,191
• Prayagraj — 1,073,438
• Alīgarh — 753,207
• Bareilly — 745,435
• Morādābād — 721,139
• Gorakhpur — 674,246

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

Map of India and all its cities →

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.