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Countries ranked by Latitude of the capital

How far north (positive) or south (negative) the capital city lies from the equator, in degrees.

#1 Iceland (64.1°), #2 Finland (60.2°), #3 Norway (59.9°). The last place is New Zealand (-41.3°).

How to read this number

The latitude of the capital: degrees north (positive) or south (negative) of the equator, which is 0°. Capital coordinates come from Wikidata.

Sorted from the highest value, so capitals farthest north come first. For countries with more than one capital, the first capital listed on this site is used. It does not describe a country’s size or climate.

  • Countries listed: 193 (of 193)

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryLatitude of the capitalYearBar
1 Iceland 64.1°
2 Finland 60.2°
3 Norway 59.9°
4 Estonia 59.4°
5 Sweden 59.3°
6 Latvia 56.9°
7 Russia 55.8°
8 Denmark 55.7°
9 Lithuania 54.7°
10 Belarus 53.9°
11 Ireland 53.3°
12 Germany 52.5°
13 Netherlands 52.4°
14 Poland 52.2°
15 United Kingdom 51.5°
16 Kazakhstan 51.1°
17 Belgium 50.8°
18 Ukraine 50.5°
19 Czechia 50.1°
20 Luxembourg 49.6°
21 France 48.9°
22 Austria 48.2°
23 Slovakia 48.2°
24 Mongolia 47.9°
25 Hungary 47.5°
26 Liechtenstein 47.1°
27 Moldova 47.0°
28 Switzerland 46.9°
29 Slovenia 46.1°
30 Croatia 45.8°
31 Canada 45.4°
32 Serbia 44.8°
33 Romania 44.4°
34 San Marino 43.9°
35 Bosnia & Herzegovina 43.9°
36 Monaco 43.7°
37 Kyrgyzstan 42.9°
38 Bulgaria 42.7°
39 Andorra 42.5°
40 Montenegro 42.4°
41 North Macedonia 42.0°
42 Italy 41.9°
43 Georgia 41.7°
44 Albania 41.3°
45 Uzbekistan 41.3°
46 Spain 40.4°
47 Azerbaijan 40.4°
48 Armenia 40.2°
49 Türkiye 39.9°
50 China 39.9°
51 North Korea 39.0°
52 United States 38.9°
53 Portugal 38.7°
54 Tajikistan 38.6°
55 Greece 38.0°
56 Turkmenistan 38.0°
57 South Korea 37.6°
58 Tunisia 36.8°
59 Algeria 36.8°
60 Malta 35.9°
61 Japan 35.7°
62 Iran 35.7°
63 Cyprus 35.2°
64 Afghanistan 34.5°
65 Morocco 34.0°
66 Lebanon 33.9°
67 Pakistan 33.7°
68 Syria 33.5°
69 Iraq 33.3°
70 Libya 32.9°
71 Jordan 31.9°
72 Israel 31.8°
73 Egypt 30.0°
74 Kuwait 29.4°
75 India 28.6°
76 Nepal 27.7°
77 Bhutan 27.5°
78 Bahrain 26.2°
79 Qatar 25.3°
80 Bahamas 25.1°
81 Saudi Arabia 24.6°
82 United Arab Emirates 24.5°
83 Bangladesh 23.7°
84 Oman 23.6°
85 Cuba 23.1°
86 Vietnam 21.0°
87 Myanmar 19.7°
88 Mexico 19.4°
89 Haiti 18.5°
90 Dominican Republic 18.5°
91 Mauritania 18.1°
92 Laos 18.0°
93 Jamaica 18.0°
94 St. Kitts & Nevis 17.3°
95 Belize 17.3°
96 Antigua & Barbuda 17.1°
97 Sudan 15.6°
98 Yemen 15.4°
99 Eritrea 15.3°
100 Dominica 15.3°
101 Cape Verde 14.9°
102 Senegal 14.7°
103 Guatemala 14.6°
104 Philippines 14.6°
105 Honduras 14.1°
106 St. Lucia 14.0°
107 Thailand 13.8°
108 El Salvador 13.7°
109 Niger 13.5°
110 Gambia 13.5°
111 St. Vincent & Grenadines 13.2°
112 Barbados 13.1°
113 Mali 12.6°
114 Burkina Faso 12.4°
115 Nicaragua 12.2°
116 Chad 12.1°
117 Grenada 12.1°
118 Guinea-Bissau 11.9°
119 Djibouti 11.6°
120 Cambodia 11.6°
121 Trinidad & Tobago 10.7°
122 Venezuela 10.5°
123 Costa Rica 9.9°
124 Guinea 9.5°
125 Nigeria 9.1°
126 Ethiopia 9.0°
127 Panama 9.0°
128 Sierra Leone 8.5°
129 Palau 7.5°
130 Marshall Islands 7.1°
131 Micronesia 6.9°
132 Sri Lanka 6.9°
133 Côte d’Ivoire 6.8°
134 Guyana 6.8°
135 Benin 6.5°
136 Liberia 6.3°
137 Togo 6.1°
138 Suriname 5.9°
139 Ghana 5.6°
140 Brunei 4.9°
141 South Sudan 4.9°
142 Colombia 4.6°
143 Central African Republic 4.4°
144 Maldives 4.2°
145 Cameroon 3.9°
146 Malaysia 3.1°
147 Somalia 2.0°
148 Equatorial Guinea 1.6°
149 Kiribati 1.3°
150 Singapore 1.3°
151 Gabon 0.4°
152 São Tomé & Príncipe 0.3°
153 Uganda 0.3°
154 Ecuador -0.2°
155 Nauru -0.5°
156 Kenya -1.3°
157 Rwanda -2.0°
158 Burundi -3.4°
159 Republic of the Congo -4.3°
160 Democratic Republic of the Congo -4.3°
161 Seychelles -4.6°
162 Indonesia -6.2°
163 Tanzania -6.2°
164 Tuvalu -8.5°
165 Timor-Leste -8.6°
166 Angola -8.8°
167 Solomon Islands -9.4°
168 Papua New Guinea -9.5°
169 Comoros -11.7°
170 Peru -12.1°
171 Samoa -13.8°
172 Malawi -14.0°
173 Zambia -15.4°
174 Brazil -15.8°
175 Vanuatu -17.7°
176 Zimbabwe -17.8°
177 Fiji -18.1°
178 Madagascar -18.9°
179 Bolivia -19.0°
180 Mauritius -20.2°
181 Tonga -21.1°
182 Namibia -22.6°
183 Botswana -24.7°
184 Paraguay -25.3°
185 South Africa -25.7°
186 Mozambique -26.0°
187 Eswatini -26.3°
188 Lesotho -29.3°
189 Chile -33.4°
190 Argentina -34.6°
191 Uruguay -34.9°
192 Australia -35.3°
193 New Zealand -41.3°

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 193 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

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