Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: West Bank
• Level 2: Bethlehem

Current local time in Bethlehem:

10:05 AM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Bethlehem on map:^[1]

Bethlehem GPS coordinates^[2]

31° 42' 17.532" North, 35° 12' 13.536" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	32.30113°,	34.50064°
Center:	31.70487°,	35.20376°
Lower-right:	31.10475°,	35.90689°
Map W x H:	133×133 km	= 82.6×82.6mi

max Lat:	32.54346°   ⇑74% North
Bethlehem:	31.70487°
min Lat:	⇓26% South 31.25997°

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min Long	Bethlehem	max Long
34.24357°	35.20376°	35.53898°
W 63.6%⇐		⇒36.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Bethlehem is 775 m = 2543 ft, and this is 301.7 m = 990 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	999 m = 3278 ft	16.5%
Bethlehem	775 m 2543 ft
Avg.	473.3 m = 1553 ft
Min E:	-269 m = -883 ft	83.5%

See also: Palestinian Territory elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Bethlehem is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 919.3 km =571.2 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Bethlehem
North Pole	6481.8	4027.6	to North
Arctic Circle	3875.9	2408.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	919.3	571.2	to South
Equator	3525.3	2190.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Bethlehem: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ad Dawḩah 2.3 km =1.4 mi, 254°
• Al Khaḑir 3.7 km =2.3 mi, 250°
• Al Ma‘şarah 6 km =3.7 mi, 202°
• Arţās 2.4 km =1.5 mi, 222°
• Ash Shaykh Sa‘d 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 54°
• Bayt Jālā 1.9 km =1.2 mi, 308°
• Bayt Sāḩūr 2.2 km =1.4 mi, 101°
• Bayt Ta‘mar 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 129°
• Bi’r ‘Awnah 2.9 km =1.8 mi, 304°
• Jannātah 4.2 km =2.6 mi, 159°
• Khallat al Lūzah 3.5 km =2.2 mi, 181°
• Khallat an Nu‘mān 3.9 km =2.4 mi, 68°
• Khallat Ḩamāmah 2.1 km =1.3 mi, 330°
• Wādī Raḩḩāl 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 218°
• Za‘tarah 6.1 km =3.8 mi, 124°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Belén, Belén de Judá
• In France: Bethléem
• In German: Betlehem, Bait Lahm
• In Italian: Betlemme
• In Russian: Вифлеем