Elevation of Urumqi, Xinjiang, China

Urumqi, Xinjiang, China is 834 m (2,736 ft) above sea level.

Urumqi's height from sea level is 834 metres, or 2,736 feet. Wikidata records 800 m.

Also written: Ürümqi Ürümçi Wülûmùqí Urumchi Tihwa Urumtsi Tihua.

Ground within 4 km

740 m – 937 m

Mean 834 m across the 8.8 km square centred on the town, 197 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

8th of 16

among the towns of Xinjiang, and 83rd of 908 in China.

Nearest town

16.2 km to the W, at 714 m, 120 m lower.

Cross-section through Urumqi

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 24.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Urumqi; the vertical scale is the same on both.

1,049579WE24.8 km
West to east: from 859 m at 12 km west to 985 m at 12 km east.
1,049579NS24.8 km
North to south: from 612 m at 12 km north to 1,016 m at 12 km south.
Shaded relief of the 52 km around Urumqi, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 52 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Urumqi

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Toutunhe 16.2 kmW 714 m (2,343 ft) −120 m
Changji 32.2 kmNW 575 m (1,886 ft) −259 m

Where Urumqi is

Latitude 43.825645, longitude 87.616823. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Urumqi elevation: 834 m (2,736 ft) above sea level

A small badge with the town's elevation, linking back here. The number updates if the grid reading ever changes.

About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Urumqi's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.