Kuwait City Geographic coordinates

Kuwait City is located at latitude 29.36972 and longitude 47.97833. It is part of Asia and the northern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

29.36972, 47.97833

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

29.3697° N 47.9783° E

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

29°22'11'' N 47°58.7' E

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 Kuwait City have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Kuwait City with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of Kuwait

There are many systems and formats to represent geographic coordinates. The following table matches the equivalence between the most common formats:

System Latitude Longitude
Simple decimal standard 29.36972 47.97833
Decimal Degrees (DD) 29.3697° N 47.9783° E
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 29°22.183' N 47°58.7' E
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 29°22'11'' N 47°58'42'' E

Cities at the same latitude as Kuwait City

City Coordinates
Houston, United States 29.76328, -95.36327
San Antonio, United States 29.42412, -98.49363
Chongqing, China 29.56278, 106.55278
Hermosillo, Mexico 29.1026, -110.97732
Puyang, China 29.45679, 119.88872

Cities at the same longitude as Kuwait City

City Coordinates
Makhachkala, Russia 42.97638, 47.50236
Cheboksary, Russia 56.13222, 47.25194
Yoshkar-Ola, Russia 56.63877, 47.89078
Antananarivo, Madagascar -18.91368, 47.53613
Basrah, Iraq 30.50852, 47.7804