Location :
Between 20 0 34' and 26 0 38' north latitude and between 88 0 01' and 92 0 41' east longitude.
Geographic Coordinates : 24 00 N, 90 00 E
Map references : Asia
Area : 147,570 sq km / 56,977 sq miles
Area - comparative : slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries : total: 4,246 km
Border countries : Myanmar 193 km, India 4,053 km
Coastline : 580 km
Maritime claims :
contiguous zone: 18 nm
continental shelf: up to outer limits of continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate :
tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October)
| Season | Temperature | Rainfall | Relative humidity | |
| maximum | minimum | |||
| Pre monsoon | 32.6 0 C | 22.4 0 C | 453 mm | 74% |
| Monsoon | 31.5 0 C | 25.5 0 C | 1,733 mm | 86% |
| Post monsoon | 30.5 0 C | 21.4 0 C | 210 mm | 80% |
| Winter | 26.5 0 C | 13.9 0 C | 44 mm | 73% |
| Annual | 30.4 0 C | 21.2 0 C | 203 mm | 78% |
Terrain : mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
Elevation extremes :
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m
Natural resources : natural gas, arable land, timber
Land use :
arable land: 73%, permanent crops: 2%, permanent pastures: 5%, forests and woodland: 15%, other: 5% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land : 31,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards :
droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely flooded during the summer monsoon season
