Washington Geographic coordinates

Washington is located at latitude 40.17396 and longitude -80.24617. It is part of America and the northern hemisphere.

Decimal coordinates

Simple standard

40.17396, -80.24617

DD Coodinates

Decimal Degrees

40.174° N 80.2462° W

DMS Coordinates

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds

40°10'26.3'' N 80°14.77' W

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 Washington have been calculated based on the geodetic datum WGS84.

Map of Washington with coordinates

Latitude and longitude of United States

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 40.17396 -80.24617
Decimal Degrees (DD) 40.174° N 80.2462° W
Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DDM) 40°10.438' N 80°14.77' W
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS) 40°10'26.3'' N 80°14'46.2'' W

Cities at the same latitude as Washington

City Coordinates
New York City, United States 40.71427, -74.00597
Madrid, Spain 40.4165, -3.70256
Brooklyn, United States 40.6501, -73.94958
Queens, United States 40.68149, -73.83652
Manhattan, United States 40.78343, -73.96625

Cities at the same longitude as Washington

City Coordinates
Miami, United States 25.77427, -80.19366
Charlotte, United States 35.22709, -80.84313
Piura, Peru -5.19449, -80.63282
Kitchener, Canada 43.42537, -80.5112
Portoviejo, Ecuador -1.05458, -80.45445