Kansas City
The City of Fountains: more than 200 of them, plus jazz and eighteen-hour barbecue.
About this view
Kansas City has more than 200 fountains, which is more than any city on earth except Rome — a comparison the City of Fountains Foundation has leaned on since it was set up in 1973. This live webcam looks across the downtown they punctuate.
The city's other two exports are audible and edible. Jazz took its Kansas City form in the 1920s and 30s around 18th and Vine, the district that now holds both the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The barbecue is its own school: slow-smoked for as long as eighteen hours, usually over hickory, and argued about endlessly.
Central time, UTC−6. Evenings light the skyline; the Country Club Plaza, fourteen blocks of architecture modelled on Seville, is famous for switching on its Christmas lights from Thanksgiving night.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Kansas City live cam located?
- The camera looks over Kansas City, Missouri, in United States. Its position is 39.100°N, 94.579°W, which you can open on our world map.
- What time is it at the Kansas City camera?
- Kansas City, Missouri runs on UTC−5, and the live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time and whether it is day or night there. It is worth checking before you watch: this view changes completely between the middle of the night and the busiest hours of the day.
- Are there other live cams near Kansas City, Missouri?
- Yes — the closest ones are Council Bluffs, Big Spirit Lake and Chicago Midway Airport. They are listed under "Nearby cams" further down this page, and every camera we carry is plotted on the world map.
- Is this stream really live?
- Yes. This is a real 24/7 live feed broadcast by EarthCam, played through the official YouTube player — free, no account needed. Every stream in our catalogue is checked automatically before each update to confirm it is still live and watchable.
