Shimenying
in Beijing Municipality, China
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Beijing Nanyuan Airport (17 mi) - Beijing Capital International Airport (29 mi)
- Tianjin Binhai International Airport (85 mi)
- Shijiazhuang Daguocun International Airport (134 mi)
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (Unesco heritage, 3 mi)
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (Unesco heritage, 14 mi)
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (Unesco heritage, 19 mi)
- The Great Wall (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Beijing Dongwuyuan (zoo, (13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 39.888 and 116.100 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 39° 53' 18" and E 116° 6' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yuan Renminbi - CNY
- Spoken languages:
- Chinese, Uighur, Zhuang
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:09 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:10 am and 4:53 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -40.217 and -64.067 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Boca de la Travesia - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to China.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning China. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Shimenying
Shimenying in Beijing Municipality is located in China about 16 mi (or 25 km) west of Beijing, the country's capital town.
Current time in Shimenying is now 07:09 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Asia / Shanghai with an UTC offset of 8 hours. We know of 4 airports close to Shimenying, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in China is Beijing Nanyuan Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in China is Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing in a distance of 3 mi (or 4 km), North-East. We encountered 1 points of interest near this location. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dayu, Guangning, Chengzi, Tanzhesi and Wangzuo. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
| Morning Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
| Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 64% |
| Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Calm with 2 km/h (1 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 84% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
7°C (45 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
6°C (43 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
3°C (37 °F)
0°C (33 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Nangong Hot Spring Holiday Hotel
Jingxi Chenguang Hotel - Beijing
Beijing Yan Lin Hotel
SUPER 8 HOTEL BEIJING PING GUO
GreenTree Inn Mentougou(domestic guest only)
Super 8 Hotel Beijing Shi Jing Shan Hai Te Hua Yuan
Beidouxing Hotel - Beijing
GreenTree Inn Yungang Road (Domestic only)
格林豪泰(北京丰台云岗路快捷酒店)
Videos from this area
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Jietai Temple
Jietai Temple is a Buddhist temple in Mentougou District in western Beijing, China. It was constructed during the Tang dynasty, with major modifications made during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Like the older Tanzhe Temple nearby along China National Highway 108, Jietai Temple is now a tourist attraction of Beijing. The temple is located on the mountainside of the Ma'an mountain approximately 25 kilometers from downtown Beijing.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Shimenying.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Shih-men-ying, Shimenying, 石门营
