Asia · Southern Asia
Bangladesh
16 cities in the atlas · 8 airports with scheduled flights
Somapura Mahavihara · Photo: Abdulmominbd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Currency
- BDT
- Bangladeshi Taka
- Local time
- Bangladesh Standard TimeUTC+06:00
- Calling code
- +880
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type A, C, G and K
Facts
Bangladesh in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Dhaka
- Currency
- Bangladeshi Taka BDTToday's indicative rate: BDT 100 ≈ USD 0.812Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: BanglaSpoken: Bangla and English
- Time zones
- Bangladesh Standard TimeUTC+06:00
- Calling code
- +880
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type A, C, G and K220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 999general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 175,686,899 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 144,000 km²
- Internet domain
- .bd
When to go
Climate across Bangladesh
In November to February, more than half of the 11 cities with figures in Bangladesh have a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka | 24° | 29° | 34° | 35° | 34° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Chittagong | 24° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Khulna | 25° | 30° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Rajshahi | 24° | 29° | 35° | 38° | 37° | 34° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Rangpur | 23° | 28° | 34° | 36° | 35° | 33° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 27° | 24° |
| Comilla | 24° | 28° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Gazipur | 24° | 29° | 34° | 36° | 34° | 32° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Hāthazāri | 24° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 25° |
| Natore | 24° | 29° | 35° | 38° | 37° | 34° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Mohammadpur | 23° | 28° | 35° | 38° | 37° | 34° | 32° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 24° |
| Cities good for going, of 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in Bangladesh
All 16 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
- DhakaCapitalDhaka Division10,356,500
- Chittagong3,920,222
- GazipurDhaka Division2,674,697
- KhulnaKhulna Division1,500,689
- RangpurRangpur Division1,031,388
- RajshahiRajshahi Division763,580
- ComillaChittagong634,654
- MohammadpurRajshahi Division527,571
- HāthazāriChittagong498,179
- ShibganjRajshahi Division378,701
- NatoreRajshahi Division369,138
Smaller places with an airport · 5
Airports
Airports in Bangladesh
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Bangladesh
Tell us where in Bangladesh, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.