Cities at the Same Latitude as Brasília
Brasília is located at latitude 15.79° S in Brazil. At this latitude — within ±2°, roughly 220 km north or south — 13 major cities can be found around the globe. They include notably Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Lusaka (Zambia), Goiânia (Brazil) and Arequipa (Peru).
The table below lists all cities ordered from west to east, with their exact latitude, difference from Brasília, and population. An interactive world map further down highlights the shared latitude band across the globe.
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Currently limited to 1,031 cities with more than 500,000 inhabitants in our database.
Cities at the Same Latitude as Brasília (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arequipa | Peru | 16.40° S | +0.61° | 1,008,290 |
| El Alto | Bolivia | 16.50° S | +0.71° | 842,378 |
| La Paz | Bolivia | 16.50° S | +0.70° | 755,732 |
| Cochabamba | Bolivia | 17.39° S | +1.60° | 632,013 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | 17.79° S | +2.00° | 3,151,676 |
| Cuiabá | Brazil | 15.60° S | +0.20° | 691,875 |
| Goiânia | Brazil | 16.68° S | +0.89° | 1,437,366 |
| Aparecida de Goiânia | Brazil | 16.82° S | +1.03° | 601,844 |
| Lubango | Angola | 14.92° S | +0.88° | 903,564 |
| Lusaka | Zambia | 15.42° S | +0.38° | 2,467,563 |
| Lilongwe | Malawi | 13.98° S | +1.81° | 989,318 |
| Blantyre | Malawi | 15.79° S | +0.01° | 800,264 |
| Nampula | Mozambique | 15.12° S | +0.68° | 743,000 |