Question

Shimla and Ludhiana are almost at the same distance from the equator. Why is Shimla much colder than Ludhiana ??

Could anybody help me with this ???

Answer 1

The temperature of a place is determined by it altitude or height above the sea level. On climbing every 166 metres, there is fall of 1°C in temperature. Whereas the altitude of Shimla is 2205 metres and that of Ludhiana is  255m mts. It is thus, obvious that Shimla will be cooler than Ludhiana.