Tukuk-OS🌆 Beijing
China · Asia · 39.90°N, 116.41°E
Quick facts
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 39.90°N, 116.41°E · view on map |
Beijing is in China, a country in Asia. For the living forecast here, open World Weather; Beijing’s population and history are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
Where Beijing sits on the Earth
At 39.90° north of the equator, Beijing is about 4,437 km from the equator itself and 5,571 km from its nearest pole — and that puts it in the temperate zone, where the four seasons and a long summer day versus a short winter day are the defining rhythm. 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 50.1° 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 1,284 km/h — fastest at the equator, nothing at the poles. As for daylight: Beijing sees its longest day lasts about 14.8 hours of daylight and its shortest about 9.2.
Nearest cities on our list: Xi'an (905.4 km to the southwest), Seoul (952 km to the east-southeast), Suzhou (1,028 km to the south-southeast), Wuhan (1,053 km to the south). 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 Beijing emerges at 39.90°S, 63.59°W — its antipode. The closest city on our list to that point is Buenos Aires, about 748 km away; whether the antipode itself is ocean or land is a good quiz question before you look it up.
More cities in China
Shanghai · Xi'an · Chengdu · Guangzhou · Shenzhen · Hangzhou · Wuhan · Chongqing · Suzhou.