Elevation of Vārānasī, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vārānasī, Uttar Pradesh, India is 82 m (269 ft) above sea level.

Vārānasī's height from sea level is 82 metres, or 269 feet. Wikidata records 76 m.

Also written: Benares Banares Kasi.

Ground within 5 km

62 m – 86 m

Mean 80 m across the 9.7 km square centred on the town, 24 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

110th of 119

among the towns of Uttar Pradesh, and 684th of 993 in India.

Nearest town

Mughal Sarāi

15.2 km to the E, at 83 m, 1 m higher.

Cross-section through Vārānasī

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 27.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Vārānasī; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 82 m at 14 km west to 75 m at 14 km east.

North to south: from 81 m at 14 km north to 73 m at 14 km south.

Shaded relief of the 57 km around Vārānasī, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 57 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Vārānasī

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Mughal Sarāi	15.2 km	E	83 m (272 ft)	+1 m

Where Vārānasī is

Latitude 25.3176452, longitude 82.9739144. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Vārānasī's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.