Local time
Sun, 8:29 AM GMT+5:45Asia/KathmanduCityCapital
Kathmandu
27.72° N, 85.31° E
- Population
- 895,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Nepal in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Nepal, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Kathmandu
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Kathmandu, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Kathmandu have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name comes from the Nepalese words "kath", meaning "wooden", and "mandu", meaning "temple", referring to local temples often still built from wood.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person