Cities at the Same Latitude as Benin City
Benin City is located at latitude 6.32° N in Nigeria. At this latitude — within ±2°, roughly 220 km north or south — 36 major cities can be found around the globe. They include notably Lagos (Nigeria), Bogotá (Colombia), Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Kumasi (Ghana).
The table below lists all cities ordered from west to east, with their exact latitude, difference from Benin City, 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 Benin City (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pereira | Colombia | 4.81° N | +1.50° | 590,554 |
| Medellín | Colombia | 6.25° N | +0.07° | 2,529,403 |
| Ibagué | Colombia | 4.44° N | +1.88° | 546,003 |
| Bogotá | Colombia | 4.61° N | +1.71° | 8,034,649 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 7.12° N | +0.80° | 614,860 |
| Cúcuta | Colombia | 7.91° N | +1.59° | 806,378 |
| Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8.10° N | +1.79° | 567,953 |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 6.31° N | +0.01° | 1,021,762 |
| Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 7.68° N | +1.37° | 740,000 |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 5.34° N | +0.98° | 5,616,633 |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | Ghana | 4.92° N | +1.40° | 539,548 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 6.70° N | +0.38° | 3,903,480 |
| Accra | Ghana | 5.56° N | +0.76° | 1,782,150 |
| Lomé | Togo | 6.13° N | +0.19° | 2,188,376 |
| Ikeja | Nigeria | 6.58° N | +0.27° | 861,300 |
| Abeokuta | Nigeria | 7.15° N | +0.83° | 888,924 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 6.46° N | +0.14° | 16,625,170 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7.38° N | +1.06° | 2,550,593 |
| Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 8.13° N | +1.82° | 1,032,000 |
| Ile Ife | Nigeria | 7.47° N | +1.15° | 501,952 |
| Osogbo | Nigeria | 7.77° N | +1.45° | 731,000 |
| Akure | Nigeria | 7.25° N | +0.93° | 847,903 |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 6.17° N | +0.15° | 1,483,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 4.77° N | +1.55° | 3,480,000 |
| Owerri | Nigeria | 5.48° N | +0.83° | 908,109 |
| Aba | Nigeria | 5.12° N | +1.20° | 1,160,000 |
| Enugu | Nigeria | 6.44° N | +0.12° | 1,029,400 |
| Bangui | Central African Republic | 4.37° N | +1.94° | 889,231 |
| Juba | South Sudan | 4.85° N | +1.46° | 500,088 |
| Wolaita Sodo | Ethiopia | 6.86° N | +0.54° | 512,498 |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | 6.93° N | +0.61° | 647,557 |
| George Town | Malaysia | 5.41° N | +0.90° | 794,313 |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | 4.60° N | +1.72° | 866,772 |
| Zamboanga City | Philippines | 6.90° N | +0.59° | 1,018,849 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 6.12° N | +0.20° | 722,059 |
| Davao City | Philippines | 7.07° N | +0.75° | 1,848,947 |