List of national capitals by latitude


This is a list of official national capitals by latitude, including territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bolded text.
CityLatitude
CountryNotes
Abu Dhabi24.47'
Abuja9.07'
Accra5.55'
Adamstown−25.07British Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa9.02'
Algiers36.77'
Alofi−19.07Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
Amman31.93'
Amsterdam52.37'The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in The Hague. See Capital of the Netherlands.
Andorra la Vella42.5'
Ankara39.87'
Antananarivo−18.93'
Apia−13.83'
Ashgabat37.93'
Asmara15.33'
Asunción−25.27'
Athens37.97'
Avarua−21.2Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Baghdad33.33'
Baku40.38'
Bamako12.65'
Bandar Seri Begawan4.88'
Bangkok13.75'
Bangui4.37'
Banjul13.45'
Basseterre17.3'
Beijing39.9'See also: List of historical capitals of China
Beirut33.88'
Belgrade44.82'
Belmopan17.25'
Berlin52.52'
Bern46.95'
Bishkek42.87'
Bissau11.85'
Bloemfontein −29.12'
Bogotá4.58'
Brasília−15.78'
Bratislava48.13'
Brazzaville−4.27'
Bridgetown13.1'
Brussels50.85'Also the de facto capital of the
Bucharest44.42'
Budapest47.47'
Buenos Aires−34.6'
Cairo30.05'
Canberra−35.3'
Cape Town −33.92'
Caracas10.5'
Castries14.02'
Cayenne4.92Overseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie18.35Territory of the United States
Chişinău47'
Conakry9.52'
Copenhagen55.67'
Dakar14.68'
Damascus33.5'
Dhaka23.73'
Dili−8.57'
Djibouti11.58'
Dodoma
Dar es Salaam 		−6.17'
Doha25.28'
Douglas54.13British Crown Dependency
Dublin53.33'
Dushanbe38.53'
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas−37.07Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
El Aaiún27.15 The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria. See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Episkopi Cantonment34.67British Overseas Territory
Flying Fish Cove−10.42External territory of Australia
Freetown8.48'
Funafuti−8.52'
Gaborone−24.65'
George Town19.3British Overseas Territory
Georgetown−7.92Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Georgetown6.8'
Gibraltar36.13British Overseas Territory
Gitega−3.43'
Guatemala City14.6'
Gustavia17.88Overseas collectivity of France
Hagåtña13.47Territory of the United States
Hamilton32.28British Overseas Territory
Hanga Roa−27.15Special territory of Chile
Hanoi21.03'
Harare−17.85'
Hargeisa10De facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the [|Somali Republic].
Havana23.13'
Helsinki60.17'
Honiara−9.43'
Islamabad33.72'
Jakarta−6.2'
Jamestown−15.92Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jerusalem 31.78'
Juba4.85'
Kabul34.53'
Kampala0.3'
Kathmandu27.7'
Khartoum15.63'
Kigali−1.93'
King Edward Point−54.27British Overseas Territory
Kingston17.98'
Kingston−29.05External territory of Australia
Kingstown13.15'
Kinshasa−4.32'
Kuala Lumpur
Putrajaya 		3.13'
Kutaisi 42.25'
Kuwait City29.37'
Kiev50.45'
Libreville0.38'
Lilongwe−13.98'
Lima−12.03'
Lisbon38.7'
Ljubljana46.05'
Lobamba −26.42'
Lomé6.12'
London51.5'
Longyearbyen78.2Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area.
Luanda−8.83'
Lusaka−15.42'
Luxembourg49.6'
Madrid40.38'
Majuro7.07'
Malabo3.75'
Malé4.17'
Managua12.13'
Manama26.22'
Manila14.58'
Maputo−25.97'
Marigot18.07Overseas collectivity of France
Maseru−29.3'
Mata-Utu−13.28Overseas collectivity of France
Mbabane −26.32'
Mexico City19.43'
Minsk53.9'
Mogadishu2.03'
Monaco43.72'City-state
Monrovia6.3'
Montevideo−34.88'
Moroni−11.68'
Moscow55.75'
Muscat23.6'
Nairobi−1.28'
Nassau25.07'
Naypyidaw19.75'
N'Djamena12.1'
New Delhi28.6'
Ngerulmud7.48'
Niamey13.52'
Nicosia35.17'
Nicosia35.17De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.
Nouakchott18.1'
Nouméa−22.27Sui generis collectivity of France
Nukualofa−21.13'
Nur-Sultan 51.17'
Nuuk64.17Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm. Northernmost capital of a constituent state in the world.
Oranjestad12.52Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Oslo59.95'
Ottawa45.42'
Ouagadougou12.35'
Pago Pago−14.27Territory of the United States
Palikir6.92'
Panama City8.98'
Papeete−17.53Overseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo5.87'
Paris48.85'
Philipsburg18.02Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh11.55'
Plymouth
Brades Estate 		16.7British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.
Podgorica
Cetinje 		42.43'
Port Louis−20.15'
Port Moresby−9.5'
Port Vila−17.75'
Port-au-Prince18.53'
Port of Spain10.67'
Porto-Novo
Cotonou 		6.48'
Prague50.08'
Praia14.92'
Pretoria −25.73'
Pristina42.67De facto independent state that is recognised by UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Pyongyang39.02'
Quito−0.25'Highest official capital.
Rabat34.03'
Reykjavík64.13'Northernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world.
Riga56.93'
Riyadh24.63'
Road Town18.42British Overseas Territory
Rome41.9'
Roseau15.3'
Saipan15.17Territory of the United States
San José9.93'
San Juan18.45Territory of the United States
San Marino43.93'
San Salvador13.68'
Sana'a15.33'
Santiago
Valparaíso 		−33.45'
Santo Domingo18.47'
São Tomé0.33'
Sarajevo43.87'
Seoul37.55'
Singapore1.28'City-state
Skopje42'
Sofia42.7'
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Colombo 		6.9'Also known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
St. George's12.05'
St. Helier49.18British Crown Dependency
St. John's17.12'
St. Peter Port49.45British Crown Dependency
St. Pierre46.77Overseas collectivity of France
Stanley−51.68British Overseas Territory
Stepanakert39.8The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognised by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, all UN non-member states, recognise the state. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
Stockholm59.32'
Sucre
La Paz 		−16.5'La Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.
Sukhumi43De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Suva−18.13'
Taipei25.03'Officially the Republic of China, it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by China. The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn59.43'
Tarawa1.43'
Tashkent41.27'
Tbilisi 41.72'
Tegucigalpa14.1'
Tehran35.68'
Thimphu27.47'
Tirana41.32'
Tiraspol46.85De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria.
Tokyo35.68'
Tórshavn62Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Tripoli32.9'
Tskhinvali42.23De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Tunis36.8'
Ulan Bator47.92'
Vaduz47.13'
Valletta35.88'
The Valley18.22British Overseas Territory
Vatican City41.9'City-state
Victoria−4.62'
Vienna48.2'
Vientiane17.97'
Vilnius54.68'
Warsaw52.23'
Washington, D.C.38.9'
Wellington−41.28'Southernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world.
West Island−12.18External territory of Australia
Willemstad12.12Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek−22.57'
Yamoussoukro
Abidjan 		6.82'
Yaoundé3.87'
Yaren −0.53'Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan40.18'
Zagreb45.82