Boiling Point Altitude Calculator

Calculate how boiling point changes with altitude using atmospheric pressure and elevation.

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Altitude Effects on Boiling Point

Key Concepts

  • • Atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude
  • • Lower pressure = lower boiling point
  • • ~1°C decrease per 300m elevation
  • • Cooking times increase at altitude
  • • Water boils at ~95°C at 1500m

Practical Applications

  • • High-altitude cooking adjustments
  • • Laboratory work at elevation
  • • Distillation processes
  • • Industrial applications
  • • Aviation considerations

Common Altitudes & Boiling Points

Cities

  • • Denver (1609m): ~95°C
  • • Mexico City (2240m): ~93°C
  • • La Paz (3640m): ~88°C
  • • Lhasa (3650m): ~88°C

Mountains

  • • Mount Fuji (3776m): ~87°C
  • • Matterhorn (4478m): ~85°C
  • • Mount Everest Base Camp (5364m): ~82°C
  • • Mount Everest Summit (8848m): ~71°C

Aircraft

  • • Commercial flights (10km): ~45°C
  • • Concorde (18km): ~37°C
  • • Space Shuttle (100km): ~0°C
  • • ISS (400km): ~-273°C