does water boil quicker at higher elevations?

Question

I read a couple articles that talk about the different temperature requirement at different elevations, but does this change the time required to boil said pot of water? if the temperature to boil the pot of water i’m assuming the time to boil it will also be lower? but perhaps the air pressure changes something that i’m not aware of

also chemistry? is that the right flair? sorry if it’s not

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Answer 1

Everything else being equal, yes. Temperature rise is a direct function of how much heat you put in. If you use the same heat source (like a camp stove) to heat up the same mass of water at two different altitudes, they will heat up at the same rate. But since the boiling point of water is lower at altitude, the water at altitude will reach the boiling point sooner.