Gilgit

07 · Pakistan

Gilgit is a mid-sized city of Pakistan, with a population of around 216k. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

216k

Timezone

Asia/Karachi

Currency

PKR

Coordinates

35.919, 74.312

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Nearest airports

GIL — Gilgit Airport (2 km) KDU — Skardu International Airport (128 km)

Other cities in Pakistan

Lahore Karachi Peshawar Faisalabad Rawalpindi Gujranwala Multan Hyderabad Quetta Bannu

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).