Cities at the Same Latitude as Colombo
Colombo is located at latitude 6.93° N in Sri Lanka. At this latitude — within ±2°, roughly 220 km north or south — 35 major cities can be found around the globe. They include notably Lagos (Nigeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Kumasi (Ghana) and Ibadan (Nigeria).
The table below lists all cities ordered from west to east, with their exact latitude, difference from Colombo, 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 Colombo (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medellín | Colombia | 6.25° N | +0.68° | 2,529,403 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 7.12° N | +0.19° | 614,860 |
| Cúcuta | Colombia | 7.91° N | +0.98° | 806,378 |
| Barinas | Venezuela | 8.63° N | +1.71° | 873,962 |
| Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8.10° N | +1.18° | 567,953 |
| Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 8.32° N | +1.40° | 751,331 |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 8.49° N | +1.56° | 951,000 |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 6.31° N | +0.62° | 1,021,762 |
| Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 7.68° N | +0.76° | 740,000 |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 5.34° N | +1.59° | 5,616,633 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 6.70° N | +0.23° | 3,903,480 |
| Accra | Ghana | 5.56° N | +1.37° | 1,782,150 |
| Lomé | Togo | 6.13° N | +0.80° | 2,188,376 |
| Ikeja | Nigeria | 6.58° N | +0.34° | 861,300 |
| Abeokuta | Nigeria | 7.15° N | +0.22° | 888,924 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 6.46° N | +0.47° | 16,625,170 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7.38° N | +0.45° | 2,550,593 |
| Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 8.13° N | +1.21° | 1,032,000 |
| Ilorin | Nigeria | 8.50° N | +1.57° | 847,582 |
| Osogbo | Nigeria | 7.77° N | +0.84° | 731,000 |
| Ile Ife | Nigeria | 7.47° N | +0.54° | 501,952 |
| Akure | Nigeria | 7.25° N | +0.32° | 847,903 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 6.32° N | +0.61° | 1,780,000 |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 6.17° N | +0.76° | 1,483,000 |
| Owerri | Nigeria | 5.48° N | +1.44° | 908,109 |
| Aba | Nigeria | 5.12° N | +1.81° | 1,160,000 |
| Enugu | Nigeria | 6.44° N | +0.49° | 1,029,400 |
| Jalingo | Nigeria | 8.92° N | +1.99° | 660,213 |
| Wolaita Sodo | Ethiopia | 6.86° N | +0.07° | 512,498 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | 8.49° N | +1.56° | 743,691 |
| George Town | Malaysia | 5.41° N | +1.51° | 794,313 |
| Zamboanga City | Philippines | 6.90° N | +0.02° | 1,018,849 |
| Cagayan de Oro | Philippines | 8.48° N | +1.56° | 741,617 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 6.12° N | +0.81° | 722,059 |
| Davao City | Philippines | 7.07° N | +0.14° | 1,848,947 |