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Urban areas occupy less than two per cent of the Earth's land surface but house 50 per cent of the world's population. By 2030, Urban areas will hold 60% of the world's population (United Nations, 2014)Cities are point sources of pollution and are responsible for 50-70% of Greenhouse gas emissions (Oke et al., 2017) Urbanization has led to a phenomenon called Urban Heat Island(UHI) resulting in microclimatic variations in the city; characterized by higher temperatures when compared to the surrounding landscape. This can have an adverse impact on the health and comfort of the people and energy efficiency of the city. It is imperative to understand the phenomena of Urban Heat Island at different scales and come up with mitigation measures to make our cities more sustainable.According to 2011 census of India, there are 468 cities with population exceeding 1 lakh. For this study, the categorization of cities done by Indian Government for House Rent allowance is adopted. As per this, cities are classified into 3 different categories ; Category X -Cities with population exceeding 50 lakhs, Category Y -Cities with population between 5 lakh and 50 lakh, Category Z-Cities with population between 1 lakh and 5 lakh.Based on 2011 Census data, there are 8 category X, 88 category Y and 372 category Z cities in India. Currently, the UHI research is only focused at the scale of category X and Y cities like Nagpur,