Madrid Centro Geographic coordinates

Madrid Centro is in Madrid, Spain, at latitude 40.41831 and longitude -3.70275. It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, about 673 m above sea level.

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Decimal coordinates Simple standard

40.41831, -3.70275

DD Coodinates Decimal Degrees

40.4183° N 3.7028° W

DMS Coordinates Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°25'5.9'' N 3°42'9.9'' W

UTM Universal Transverse Mercator

30T 440381 4474424

Plus Code Open Location Code

8CGRC79W+8V

Geohash Compact alphanumeric code

ezjmgtztx

Latitude and longitude of Madrid Centro

System Lat. Long.
Decimal standard 40.41831 -3.70275
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.4183° N 3.7028° W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°25'5.9'' N 3°42'9.9'' W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°25.099' N 3°42.165' W

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40.4183° N 3.7028° W
Madrid Centro Parallel and meridian of Madrid Centro Distance rings (1,000 / 5,000 / 10,000 km)

Geographic facts about Madrid Centro

Distance to the equator 4,494 km (2,793 mi)
Distance to the Greenwich meridian 313 km (195 mi)
Distance to the North Pole 5,513 km (3,426 mi)
Distance to the South Pole 14,501 km (9,011 mi)
Elevation 673 m (2,208 ft)
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Cities near the latitude and longitude of Madrid Centro

Madrid Centro lies on the same parallel as cities like New York City (United States) and near the same meridian as cities like Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

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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 Madrid Centro 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 Madrid Centro: opened on a map, it may land on a specific street or spot downtown.

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