How far is Haikou from the sea?
Haikou is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 1.5 km (1 mile) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hainan, China.
To the coast
1.5 km
1 mile · straight line
Nearest land border
273 km
with Vietnam
Setting
On the coast
770th farthest from the sea of 861 cities
HaikouNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the sea?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Haikou at a glance
- Coordinates
- 20.0342° N, 110.3465° E
- Region
- Hainan, China
- Distance to the coast
- 1.5 km (1 mile), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 20.0478° N, 110.3434° E (Hainan, China)
- Nearest land border
- 273 km (170 miles), with Vietnam
- Among China's cities
- 169th farthest from the sea of the 177 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Haikou from the sea?
Haikou is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 1.5 km (1 mile) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hainan, China.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 1.5 km (1 mile) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Haikou from the nearest border?
Haikou is 273 km (170 miles) from the nearest land border, with Vietnam, in a straight line.
Where in Haikou is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (20.0342° N, 110.3465° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.