Tukuk-OS🌆 Basra
Iraq · Asia · 30.51°N, 47.81°E
Quick facts
| Country | Iraq |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 30.51°N, 47.81°E · view on map |
Basra is in Iraq, a country in Asia. For the living forecast here, open World Weather; Basra’s population and history are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
Where Basra sits on the Earth
At 30.51° north of the equator, Basra is about 3,393 km from the equator itself and 6,615 km from its nearest pole — and that puts it in the subtropics, where summers run hot and how mild the winter feels depends heavily on the nearest sea. Latitude is only the sky’s address, of course: altitude, oceans and winds write the actual weather, which is why two cities on the same parallel can need overcoats in one place and sun hats in the other. The numbers on this page come straight from the town’s own coordinates.
Two consequences of that latitude anyone can test. On the equinox the midday sun stands 59.5° above the horizon here (straight up at the equator, lower the further you go). And because the Earth is a sphere turning once a day, a point at this latitude is carried around its axis at roughly 1,442 km/h — fastest at the equator, nothing at the poles. As for daylight: Basra sees its longest day lasts about 14.0 hours of daylight and its shortest about 10.0.
Nearest cities on our list: Kuwait City (126.8 km to the south), Isfahan (437 km to the northeast), Baghdad (450.5 km to the northwest), Shiraz (470.3 km to the east-southeast). Every profile here carries the same arithmetic, so the distances between any two of them can be checked by opening both pages.
The other side of the world: a straight line through the centre of the Earth from Basra emerges at 30.51°S, 132.19°W — its antipode. The closest city on our list to that point is Nukualofa, about 4,402 km away; whether the antipode itself is ocean or land is a good quiz question before you look it up.