Houston Skyline Live Cam, Texas
Live webcam shows in real time a panorama of the city of Houston in Texas, the USA.
Houston is the largest city by area and population in the state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States. Its area is 1,653 km2, it is home to more than 2.3 million people. Houston, together with neighboring cities, forms the fifth-most populous metropolitan area in the USA with a population of more than 7.1 million people called Great Houston.
The city is located on the coastal plain in southeastern Texas, 50 km north of the Gulf of Mexico and 384 km south of Dallas. The city is the energy hub of the United States. It is often called the “energy capital of the world”. The basis of its economy is the extraction and processing of oil and gas, as well as biomedicine and aeronautics. Houston is well known for the tallest skyscrapers in Texas, the NASA’s center for human spaceflight, many attractions and parks.
Houston has a humid subtropical climate, with tropical influences. The summers in Houston are very hot and humid, winters are relatively mild and dry. The climate characterized by high humidity and a lot of precipitation throughout the year due to the proximity of the Gulf of Mexico.
