Xizhimen
in Beijing Municipality, China
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Beijing Nanyuan Airport (11 mi) - Beijing Capital International Airport (16 mi)
- Tianjin Binhai International Airport (77 mi)
- Shijiazhuang Daguocun International Airport (145 mi)
- Chifeng Airport (207 mi)
- Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing (Unesco heritage, 8 mi)
- Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing (Unesco heritage, 12 mi)
- Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (Unesco heritage, 27 mi)
- The Great Wall (Unesco heritage, 36 mi)
- Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde (Unesco heritage, 110 mi)
- Beijing Dongwuyuan (zoo, (1 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 39.940 and 116.355 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 39° 56' 25" and E 116° 21' 19"
- 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: 11:44 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:48 am and 5:07 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -40.433 and -63.683 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Guardia Mitre - 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 Xizhimen
Xizhimen in Beijing Municipality is located in China a little north-west of Beijing, the country's capital town.
Current time in Xizhimen is now 11:44 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Asia / Shanghai with an UTC offset of 8 hours. We know of 5 airports close to Xizhimen, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in China is Beijing Nanyuan Airport in a distance of 11 mi (or 18 km), South. 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 Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), South-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: Jinrongjie, Jingshan, Beijing, Baizhifang and Datun. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 12°C / 53 °F
| Morning Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Night Temperature | 11°C / 51 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 16% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
11°C (52 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
12°C (53 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, calm, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Guoerzhao Hotel
Grand Metropark Yuan Tong
Tianfang Hotel
Debao Hotel - Beijing
Sunshine Jiayu Golden Hotel - Beijing
Jintai Home Tonghuayuan - Beijing
Qinghai Xunhua Business Hotel - Beijing
Shang Yuan
SUPER 8 BEIJING PRINCE GONGS
Orange Hotel Beijing North of Xizhimen
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.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
The Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) is a key national university distinguished by the teaching and research in the field of cable communications, wireless communications, computer, and electronic engineering. BUPT comprises 17 schools, and has an international school program with Queen Mary, University of London.
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University, colloqiually known as 北师大 or Beishida, is a public research university located in Beijing with strong emphasis on basic disciplines of humanities and sciences. It is one of the oldest universities in China. A normal school referred to an institution that aimed to train school teachers in early twentieth century, and this terminology is preserved in the official names of such institutions in China.
Fuchengmen
Fuchengmen is the name of a gate on the western side of Beijing's city wall. The gate was torn down in the 1960s, and has been replaced by the Fuchengmen overpass on the 2nd Ring Road. Fuchengmen Station is now known as a transportation node, where a number of public buses and Line 2 of the Beijing Subway stop. The street that once passed through the gate is still named in its relation to the gate.
Miaoying Temple
The Miaoying Temple, also known as the "White Stupa Temple", is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in Xicheng District of Beijing. There were temples built on the sites since the Liao and Yuan dynasties. The temple's famous white stupa also dates to the Yuan Dynasty. However, the present-building dates to the Ming Dynasty as well as its given name, "Miaoying", meaning "Divine Retribution".
Chegongzhuang Station
Chegongzhuang Station is an interchange station on Line 2 and Line 6 of the Beijing Subway.
Xizhimen Station
Xizhimen Station is an interchange station for Line 2, Line 4 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. Just outside of this station is Beijing North Railway Station. When Line 4 of the Beijing Subway opened and passed through Xizhimen Station, it became the 2nd 3-way transfer station (the first being Dongzhimen Station). Xizhimen Station is also considered one of the most crowded stations of the whole Beijing Subway system.
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Beijing
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (圣母圣衣堂), more often colloquially referred to as Xizhimen Church (西直门天主堂), is a Roman Catholic Church located on the southern side at n.130 of Xizhimen Neidajie in Beijing. It is commonly referred to as Xitang (西堂, the West Church) to the locals. The church at Xizhimen was the last among the four historic Catholic churches in Beijing.
Beijing North Railway Station
Beijingbei Railway Station or Beijing North Railway Station, formerly known as Xizhimen Railway Station, is a railway station in Beijing. It was built in 1905 as one of the original stations on the Jingzhang Railway, now part of the old Beijing-Baotou Line. Beijing North is now a small (Tier-III) station managed by the Beijing Railway Bureau, providing regular intercity train services to the north and northwest, including the Huhhot-Manzhouli Grasslands Express (K274/K275/K277).
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