Cities at the Same Latitude as Lagos
Lagos is located at latitude 6.46° N in Nigeria. At this latitude — within ±2°, roughly 220 km north or south — 35 major cities can be found around the globe. They include notably Bogotá (Colombia), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Kumasi (Ghana) and Port Harcourt (Nigeria).
The table below lists all cities ordered from west to east, with their exact latitude, difference from Lagos, 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 Lagos (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pereira | Colombia | 4.81° N | +1.64° | 590,554 |
| Medellín | Colombia | 6.25° N | +0.21° | 2,529,403 |
| Bogotá | Colombia | 4.61° N | +1.85° | 8,034,649 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 7.12° N | +0.66° | 614,860 |
| Cúcuta | Colombia | 7.91° N | +1.45° | 806,378 |
| Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8.10° N | +1.65° | 567,953 |
| Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 8.32° N | +1.87° | 751,331 |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 6.31° N | +0.15° | 1,021,762 |
| Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 7.68° N | +1.23° | 740,000 |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 5.34° N | +1.12° | 5,616,633 |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | Ghana | 4.92° N | +1.54° | 539,548 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 6.70° N | +0.24° | 3,903,480 |
| Accra | Ghana | 5.56° N | +0.90° | 1,782,150 |
| Lomé | Togo | 6.13° N | +0.33° | 2,188,376 |
| Ikeja | Nigeria | 6.58° N | +0.13° | 861,300 |
| Abeokuta | Nigeria | 7.15° N | +0.69° | 888,924 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7.38° N | +0.92° | 2,550,593 |
| Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 8.13° N | +1.68° | 1,032,000 |
| Ile Ife | Nigeria | 7.47° N | +1.01° | 501,952 |
| Osogbo | Nigeria | 7.77° N | +1.31° | 731,000 |
| Akure | Nigeria | 7.25° N | +0.79° | 847,903 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 6.32° N | +0.14° | 1,780,000 |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 6.17° N | +0.29° | 1,483,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 4.77° N | +1.69° | 3,480,000 |
| Owerri | Nigeria | 5.48° N | +0.97° | 908,109 |
| Aba | Nigeria | 5.12° N | +1.34° | 1,160,000 |
| Enugu | Nigeria | 6.44° N | +0.02° | 1,029,400 |
| Juba | South Sudan | 4.85° N | +1.60° | 500,088 |
| Wolaita Sodo | Ethiopia | 6.86° N | +0.40° | 512,498 |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | 6.93° N | +0.47° | 647,557 |
| George Town | Malaysia | 5.41° N | +1.04° | 794,313 |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | 4.60° N | +1.86° | 866,772 |
| Zamboanga City | Philippines | 6.90° N | +0.45° | 1,018,849 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 6.12° N | +0.34° | 722,059 |
| Davao City | Philippines | 7.07° N | +0.61° | 1,848,947 |