Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also known as Kovai, is a metropolitan city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Wikipedia
Population 959,823 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in India
- January: 11 h 33 of daylight
- February: 11 h 47 of daylight
- March: 12 h 03 of daylight
- April: 12 h 22 of daylight
- May: 12 h 38 of daylight
- June: 12 h 46 of daylight
- July: 12 h 43 of daylight
- August: 12 h 30 of daylight
- September: 12 h 12 of daylight
- October: 11 h 54 of daylight
- November: 11 h 38 of daylight
- December: 11 h 29 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Ashok Pillar Monument · 140 m
- Tamil Nadu Police Museum Museum · 390 m
- Clock Tower Attraction · 780 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Coimbatore Junction 280 m
- General Hospital Bus Stand 670 m
- Ukkadam Bus Stand 1.4 km
- TNSTC Coimbatore Central Bus Depot 1.6 km
- Gandhipuram Central Bus Stand 1.6 km
- Gandhipuram Town Bus Stand 1.9 km
More train stations: Coimbatore North 2.4 km, Podanur Junction 4.7 km, Peelamedu 5.2 km
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