San Juan Geographic coordinates

San Juan is in San José, Costa Rica, at latitude 9.96188 and longitude -84.07876. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,114 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

9.96188, -84.07876

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

9.9619° N 84.0788° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

9°57'42.8'' N 84°4'43.5'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

16P 820323 1102611

Plus Code Open Location Code

66XQXW6C+QF

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

d1u0wtx8n

Latitude and longitude of San Juan

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 9.96188 -84.07876
Decimal Degrees (DD) 9.9619° N 84.0788° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 9°57'42.8'' N 84°4'43.5'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 9°57.713' N 84°4.726' W

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9.9619° N 84.0788° W
San Juan, San José, Costa Rica Parallel and meridian of San Juan Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about San Juan

Distance to the equator 1,108 km (688 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 9,177 km (5,702 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 8,899 km (5,530 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 11,115 km (6,906 mi)
Elevation 1,114 m (3,655 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of San Juan

San Juan lies near the same parallel as cities like Caracas (Venezuela) and on the same meridian as cities like Atlanta (United States).

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About geographic coordinates

The geographic coordinate system enables any place in the world to be located using its latitude and longitude. The latitude is the position relative to the equator, specifying the north-south position. The longitude specifies the east-west position measured from a reference meridian (usually the Greenwich Prime Meridian). The latitude and longitude of San Juan have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Besides latitude and longitude, there are other systems to express a location: UTM coordinates divide the world into 60 zones and express positions in meters; the Plus Code is an open short code used by Google Maps; and the geohash is a compact format widely used in software applications.

All formats correspond to the same reference point at the center of San Juan: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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