24th parallel north explained

The 24th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 24 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, about north of the Tropic of Cancer. It is the line which demarcates boundary between Pakistan and India in the general area of Rann of Kutch. It also crosses Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 37 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 39 minutes during the winter solstice.^[1]

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 24° north passes through:

Coordinates	Country, territory or sea	Notes



	Red Sea
		Yanbu, Al Madinah Region Riyadh Region Eastern Region
		Emirate of Abu Dhabi - for about
	Persian Gulf
		Emirate of Abu Dhabi

	Indian Ocean	Arabian Sea
		Sindh
		Gujarat - for about Rajasthan - for about Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Chhattisgarh Jharkhand West Bengal
		For about
		West Bengal - for about

		Tripura Mizoram
	(Burma)	For about
		Manipur - for about
		For about
		Manipur

		Yunnan, for about

		Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian
	South China Sea	Taiwan Strait
	(Taiwan)	Passing through Changhua, Nantou, Central Mountain Range, and Hualien
	Pacific Ocean	Passing just south of Hateruma island, Passing just south of South Iwo Jima island, Passing just north of Tern Island, Hawaii,
		Baja California peninsula
	Gulf of California
		Passing through Durango
	Gulf of Mexico
		Cay Sal Bank atoll
	Atlantic Ocean
		Andros island
	Atlantic Ocean
		Exuma cays
	Atlantic Ocean	Passing just south of Cat Island, Bahamas Passing just north of Conception Island, Bahamas
		San Salvador Island
	Atlantic Ocean
	Western Sahara	Claimed by

Web site: 2019-09-24. Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191012094319/http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/Dur_OneYear.php. 2019-10-12. 2021-03-10. U.S. Naval Observatory.