Cities at the Same Latitude as Kumasi
Kumasi is located at latitude 6.70° N in Ghana. At this latitude — within ±2°, roughly 220 km north or south — 38 major cities can be found around the globe. They include notably Lagos (Nigeria), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Port Harcourt (Nigeria) and Ibadan (Nigeria).
The table below lists all cities ordered from west to east, with their exact latitude, difference from Kumasi, 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 Kumasi (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pereira | Colombia | 4.81° N | +1.89° | 590,554 |
| Medellín | Colombia | 6.25° N | +0.45° | 2,529,403 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 7.12° N | +0.42° | 614,860 |
| Cúcuta | Colombia | 7.91° N | +1.21° | 806,378 |
| Barinas | Venezuela | 8.63° N | +1.93° | 873,962 |
| Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8.10° N | +1.40° | 567,953 |
| Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 8.32° N | +1.62° | 751,331 |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 8.49° N | +1.79° | 951,000 |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 6.31° N | +0.39° | 1,021,762 |
| Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 7.68° N | +0.98° | 740,000 |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 5.34° N | +1.36° | 5,616,633 |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | Ghana | 4.92° N | +1.78° | 539,548 |
| Accra | Ghana | 5.56° N | +1.14° | 1,782,150 |
| Lomé | Togo | 6.13° N | +0.57° | 2,188,376 |
| Ikeja | Nigeria | 6.58° N | +0.12° | 861,300 |
| Abeokuta | Nigeria | 7.15° N | +0.45° | 888,924 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 6.46° N | +0.24° | 16,625,170 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7.38° N | +0.68° | 2,550,593 |
| Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 8.13° N | +1.43° | 1,032,000 |
| Ilorin | Nigeria | 8.50° N | +1.80° | 847,582 |
| Osogbo | Nigeria | 7.77° N | +1.07° | 731,000 |
| Ile Ife | Nigeria | 7.47° N | +0.77° | 501,952 |
| Akure | Nigeria | 7.25° N | +0.55° | 847,903 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 6.32° N | +0.38° | 1,780,000 |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 6.17° N | +0.53° | 1,483,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 4.77° N | +1.93° | 3,480,000 |
| Owerri | Nigeria | 5.48° N | +1.22° | 908,109 |
| Aba | Nigeria | 5.12° N | +1.58° | 1,160,000 |
| Enugu | Nigeria | 6.44° N | +0.26° | 1,029,400 |
| Juba | South Sudan | 4.85° N | +1.85° | 500,088 |
| Wolaita Sodo | Ethiopia | 6.86° N | +0.16° | 512,498 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | 8.49° N | +1.79° | 743,691 |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | 6.93° N | +0.23° | 647,557 |
| George Town | Malaysia | 5.41° N | +1.29° | 794,313 |
| Zamboanga City | Philippines | 6.90° N | +0.20° | 1,018,849 |
| Cagayan de Oro | Philippines | 8.48° N | +1.78° | 741,617 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 6.12° N | +0.58° | 722,059 |
| Davao City | Philippines | 7.07° N | +0.37° | 1,848,947 |