Tukuk-OS🌆 Medina
Saudi Arabia · Asia · 24.47°N, 39.61°E
Quick facts
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 24.47°N, 39.61°E · view on map |
Medina is in Saudi Arabia, a country in Asia. For the living forecast here, open World Weather; Medina’s population and history are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).
Where Medina sits on the Earth
At 24.47° north of the equator, Medina is about 2,721 km from the equator itself and 7,287 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 65.5° 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 1,524 km/h — fastest at the equator, nothing at the poles. As for daylight: Medina sees its longest day lasts about 13.5 hours of daylight and its shortest about 10.5.
Nearest cities on our list: Jeddah (328.9 km to the south), Mecca (343.2 km to the south), Riyadh (714.3 km to the east), Aqaba (718.9 km to the northwest). 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 Medina emerges at 24.47°S, 140.39°W — its antipode. The closest city on our list to that point is Apia, about 3,492 km away; whether the antipode itself is ocean or land is a good quiz question before you look it up.