Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Lào Cai

Current local time in Lào Cai:

08:40 AM, Wednesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Lào Cai on map:^[1]

Lào Cai GPS coordinates^[2]

22° 29' 8.016" North, 103° 58' 14.376" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	23.13369°,	103.26754°
Center:	22.48556°,	103.97066°
Lower-right:	21.83438°,	104.67379°
Map W x H:	144.5×144.5 km	= 89.8×89.8mi

max Lat:	23.27841°   ⇑4.7% North
Lào Cai:	22.48556°
min Lat:	⇓95.3% South 8.65724°

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min Long	Lào Cai	max Long
102.4579°	103.97066°	112.72541°
W 3.8%⇐		⇒96.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Lào Cai is 86 m = 282 ft, and this is 43.5 m = 143 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1592 m = 5223 ft	26.1%
Avg.	129.5 m = 425 ft
Lào Cai	86 m = 282 ft
Min E:	-1 m = -3 ft	73.9%

See also: Vietnam elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Lào Cai is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 105.8 km =65.7 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Lào Cai
North Pole	7506.9	4664.6	to North
Arctic Circle	4901	3045.3	to North
Tropic Cancer	105.8	65.7	to North
Equator	2500.2	1553.6	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Bát Xát 10.5 km =6.5 mi, 307°
• Bắc Hà 33.6 km =20.9 mi, 79°
• Cát Cát 22.8 km =14.2 mi, 221°
• Lai Châu 53.6 km =33.3 mi, 259°
• Lao Chải 21.8 km =13.5 mi, 208°
• Phong Thổ 69.4 km =43.1 mi, 275°
• Sa Pa 20.7 km =12.9 mi, 218°
• Si Ma Cai 39.3 km =24.4 mi, 53°
• Tam Đường 40 km =24.9 mi, 242°
• Than Uyên 59.3 km =36.8 mi, 189°
• Thị Trấn Khánh Yên 52.7 km =32.7 mi, 146°
• Thị Trấn Mường Khương 34.4 km =21.4 mi, 26°
• Thị Trấn Phố Lu 28.9 km =18 mi, 129°
• Thị Trấn Phố Ràng 59 km =36.7 mi, 118°
• Yên Bình 63.1 km =39.2 mi, 97°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Laos
• In Russian: Лаокай
• In Chinese: 老街市