Updated May 9, 2025 |
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The geographical positions and time zones of key cities worldwide are crucial for comprehending global time variations and coordinating internationally. Latitude and longitude coordinates specify a city's location on Earth, while the associated time zone sets the local time in comparison to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
With cities spread across different time zones, understanding these aspects is essential for travellers, companies, and international communication. This data assists people in organizing global meetings, flights, and events, guaranteeing prompt connections despite geographical separations. Grasping how various areas synchronize with the global clock improves our interconnected society.
Some interesting facts about the latitude, longitude, and time zones of major cities
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT): The Prime Meridian, situated in Greenwich, London, represents 0° longitude and acts as the reference point for every time zone globally, with GMT being the baseline for determining time variations
- Time Zone Oddities: Certain cities, such as India (Indian Standard Time), adhere to time zones that deviate by unconventional increments, like 5 hours and 30 minutes from GMT, which makes them unique in global timekeeping.
- The International Date Line (IDL): The IDL, mainly situated at the 180° longitude, delineates the point where the date shifts. Tonga, Samoa, and Kiritimati in the Pacific are some of the rare locations where the time zone varies greatly from surrounding areas because of the location of the IDL.
- The "City of Time": Lima, Peru (UTC-5) and Bogotá, Colombia (UTC-5) share the same time zone, even though they are in separate nations. This illustrates how time zones can cross national boundaries while remaining geographically aligned.
- Antarctic Time Zones: In contrast to other continents, Antarctica lacks a standard time zone because it has no permanent residents. Stations on the continent might use time zones from the countries they are linked to, creating a rather distinctive scenario.
Table of major cities with the estimates latitude and longitude
The following table lists the latitude and longitude coordinates of major world cities in alphabetical order by city name. The time corresponding to 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time, is also included for each city.
For more world locations, use the Find Latitude and Longitude tool.
See also Latitude and Longitude of U.S. and Canadian Cities.
| Latitude | Longitude | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | ° | ' | ° | ' | Time |
| Aberdeen, Scotland | 57 | 9 N | 2 | 9 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Adelaide, Australia | 34 | 55 S | 138 | 36 E | 2:30 a.m.1 |
| Algiers, Algeria | 36 | 50 N | 3 | 0 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | 52 | 22 N | 4 | 53 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Ankara, Turkey | 39 | 55 N | 32 | 55 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Asunción, Paraguay | 25 | 15 S | 57 | 40 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| Athens, Greece | 37 | 58 N | 23 | 43 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Auckland, New Zealand | 36 | 52 S | 174 | 45 E | 5:00 a.m.1 |
| Bangkok, Thailand | 13 | 45 N | 100 | 30 E | midnight |
| Barcelona, Spain | 41 | 23 N | 2 | 9 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Beijing, China | 39 | 55 N | 116 | 25 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Belém, Brazil | 1 | 28 S | 48 | 29 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Belfast, Northern Ireland | 54 | 37 N | 5 | 56 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Belgrade, Serbia | 44 | 52 N | 20 | 32 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Berlin, Germany | 52 | 30 N | 13 | 25 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Birmingham, England | 52 | 25 N | 1 | 55 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Bogotá, Colombia | 4 | 32 N | 74 | 15 W | 12:00 noon |
| Bombay, India | 19 | 0 N | 72 | 48 E | 10:30 p.m. |
| Bordeaux, France | 44 | 50 N | 0 | 31 W | 6:00 p.m. |
| Bremen, Germany | 53 | 5 N | 8 | 49 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Brisbane, Australia | 27 | 29 S | 153 | 8 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Bristol, England | 51 | 28 N | 2 | 35 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Brussels, Belgium | 50 | 52 N | 4 | 22 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Bucharest, Romania | 44 | 25 N | 26 | 7 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Budapest, Hungary | 47 | 30 N | 19 | 5 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 34 | 35 S | 58 | 22 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Cairo, Egypt | 30 | 2 N | 31 | 21 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Calcutta, India | 22 | 34 N | 88 | 24 E | 10:30 p.m. |
| Canton, China | 23 | 7 N | 113 | 15 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Cape Town, South Africa | 33 | 55 S | 18 | 22 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Caracas, Venezuela | 10 | 28 N | 67 | 2 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| Cayenne, French Guiana | 4 | 49 N | 52 | 18 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Chihuahua, Mexico | 28 | 37 N | 106 | 5 W | 10:00 a.m. |
| Chongqing, China | 29 | 46 N | 106 | 34 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | 55 | 40 N | 12 | 34 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Córdoba, Argentina | 31 | 28 S | 64 | 10 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Dakar, Senegal | 14 | 40 N | 17 | 28 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Darwin, Australia | 12 | 28 S | 130 | 51 E | 2:30 a.m.1 |
| Djibouti, Djibouti | 11 | 30 N | 43 | 3 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| Dublin, Ireland | 53 | 20 N | 6 | 15 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Durban, South Africa | 29 | 53 S | 30 | 53 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Edinburgh, Scotland | 55 | 55 N | 3 | 10 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 50 | 7 N | 8 | 41 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Georgetown, Guyana | 6 | 45 N | 58 | 15 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| Glasgow, Scotland | 55 | 50 N | 4 | 15 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Guatemala City, Guatemala | 14 | 37 N | 90 | 31 W | 11:00 a.m. |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador | 2 | 10 S | 79 | 56 W | 12:00 noon |
| Hamburg, Germany | 53 | 33 N | 10 | 2 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Hammerfest, Norway | 70 | 38 N | 23 | 38 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Havana, Cuba | 23 | 8 N | 82 | 23 W | 12:00 noon |
| Helsinki, Finland | 60 | 10 N | 25 | 0 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Hobart, Tasmania | 42 | 52 S | 147 | 19 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Hong Kong, China | 22 | 20 N | 114 | 11 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Iquique, Chile | 20 | 10 S | 70 | 7 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| Irkutsk, Russia | 52 | 30 N | 104 | 20 E | 1:00 a.m. |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | 6 | 16 S | 106 | 48 E | midnight |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 26 | 12 S | 28 | 4 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Kingston, Jamaica | 17 | 59 N | 76 | 49 W | 12:00 noon |
| Kinshasa, Congo | 4 | 18 S | 15 | 17 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3 | 8 N | 101 | 42 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| La Paz, Bolivia | 16 | 27 S | 68 | 22 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| Leeds, England | 53 | 45 N | 1 | 30 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Lima, Peru | 12 | 0 S | 77 | 2 W | 12:00 noon |
| Lisbon, Portugal | 38 | 44 N | 9 | 9 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Liverpool, England | 53 | 25 N | 3 | 0 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| London, England | 51 | 32 N | 0 | 5 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Lyons, France | 45 | 45 N | 4 | 50 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Madrid, Spain | 40 | 26 N | 3 | 42 W | 6:00 p.m. |
| Manchester, England | 53 | 30 N | 2 | 15 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Manila, Philippines | 14 | 35 N | 120 | 57 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Marseilles, France | 43 | 20 N | 5 | 20 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Mazatlán, Mexico | 23 | 12 N | 106 | 25 W | 10:00 a.m. |
| Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 21 | 29 N | 39 | 45 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| Melbourne, Australia | 37 | 47 S | 144 | 58 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 19 | 26 N | 99 | 7 W | 11:00 a.m. |
| Milan, Italy | 45 | 27 N | 9 | 10 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Montevideo, Uruguay | 34 | 53 S | 56 | 10 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Moscow, Russia | 55 | 45 N | 37 | 36 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| Munich, Germany | 48 | 8 N | 11 | 35 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Nagasaki, Japan | 32 | 48 N | 129 | 57 E | 2:00 a.m.1 |
| Nagoya, Japan | 35 | 7 N | 136 | 56 E | 2:00 a.m.1 |
| Nairobi, Kenya | 1 | 25 S | 36 | 55 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| Nanjing (Nanking), China | 32 | 3 N | 118 | 53 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Naples, Italy | 40 | 50 N | 14 | 15 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| New Delhi, India | 28 | 35 N | 77 | 12 E | 10:30 p.m. |
| Newcastle-on-Tyne, England | 54 | 58 N | 1 | 37 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Odessa, Ukraine | 46 | 27 N | 30 | 48 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Osaka, Japan | 34 | 32 N | 135 | 30 E | 2:00 a.m.1 |
| Oslo, Norway | 59 | 57 N | 10 | 42 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Panama City, Panama | 8 | 58 N | 79 | 32 W | 12:00 noon |
| Paramaribo, Suriname | 5 | 45 N | 55 | 15 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Paris, France | 48 | 48 N | 2 | 20 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Perth, Australia | 31 | 57 S | 115 | 52 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Plymouth, England | 50 | 25 N | 4 | 5 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 9 | 25 S | 147 | 8 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Prague, Czech Republic | 50 | 5 N | 14 | 26 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Rangoon, Myanmar | 16 | 50 N | 96 | 0 E | 11:30 p.m. |
| Reykjavík, Iceland | 64 | 4 N | 21 | 58 W | 5:00 p.m. |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 22 | 57 S | 43 | 12 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Rome, Italy | 41 | 54 N | 12 | 27 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Salvador, Brazil | 12 | 56 S | 38 | 27 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Santiago, Chile | 33 | 28 S | 70 | 45 W | 1:00 p.m. |
| St. Petersburg, Russia | 59 | 56 N | 30 | 18 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| São Paulo, Brazil | 23 | 31 S | 46 | 31 W | 2:00 p.m. |
| Shanghai, China | 31 | 10 N | 121 | 28 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Singapore, Singapore | 1 | 14 N | 103 | 55 E | 1:00 a.m.1 |
| Sofia, Bulgaria | 42 | 40 N | 23 | 20 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 59 | 17 N | 18 | 3 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Sydney, Australia | 34 | 0 S | 151 | 0 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Tananarive, Madagascar | 18 | 50 S | 47 | 33 E | 8:00 p.m. |
| Teheran, Iran | 35 | 45 N | 51 | 45 E | 8:30 p.m. |
| Tokyo, Japan | 35 | 40 N | 139 | 45 E | 2:00 a.m.1 |
| Tripoli, Libya | 32 | 57 N | 13 | 12 E | 7:00 p.m. |
| Venice, Italy | 45 | 26 N | 12 | 20 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Veracruz, Mexico | 19 | 10 N | 96 | 10 W | 11:00 a.m. |
| Vienna, Austria | 48 | 14 N | 16 | 20 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Vladivostok, Russia | 43 | 10 N | 132 | 0 E | 3:00 a.m.1 |
| Warsaw, Poland | 52 | 14 N | 21 | 0 E | 6:00 p.m. |
| Wellington, New Zealand | 41 | 17 S | 174 | 47 E | 5:00 a.m.1 |
| Zürich, Switzerland | 47 | 21 N | 8 | 31 E | 6:00 p.m. |
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