Queens
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Queens Montage 2012 1: Antipastarasta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Queens is a city in United States, in New York. About 2.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 40.68° N, 73.84° W, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.
Location
Red dot: Queens. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Queens has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (29°F). Around 1,313 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Brooklyn · 10 km
- New York City · 15 km
- Manhattan · 16 km
- The Bronx · 19 km
- Philadelphia · 138 km
- Washington · 334 km
- Chicago · 1,170 km
- Jacksonville · 1,324 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5133273 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q18424 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Queens Montage 2012 1: Antipastarasta, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Unisphere in summer: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- US OPEN 2019 (48667665777): jeff horne from Richmond, VA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Queens Museum of Art jeh: Jim.henderson, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Inside Queens Zoo dome jeh: Jim.henderson, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Forparktheaterjeh: Jim.henderson, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Queens Botanical Gardens: Stephendore at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Loews Valencia sunny jeh: Jim.henderson, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- West Side Tennis Club 2404826259 9f64dcf9de o: uploaded by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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