Cities at the Same Latitude as Medellín
Medellín is located at latitude 6.25° N in Colombia. 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 Medellín, 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 Medellín (±2°)
| City | Country | Latitude | Difference | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pereira | Colombia | 4.81° N | +1.44° | 590,554 |
| Ibagué | Colombia | 4.44° N | +1.81° | 546,003 |
| Bogotá | Colombia | 4.61° N | +1.64° | 8,034,649 |
| Bucaramanga | Colombia | 7.12° N | +0.87° | 614,860 |
| Cúcuta | Colombia | 7.91° N | +1.66° | 806,378 |
| Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 8.10° N | +1.85° | 567,953 |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 6.31° N | +0.06° | 1,021,762 |
| Bouaké | Ivory Coast | 7.68° N | +1.43° | 740,000 |
| Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 5.34° N | +0.91° | 5,616,633 |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | Ghana | 4.92° N | +1.33° | 539,548 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 6.70° N | +0.45° | 3,903,480 |
| Accra | Ghana | 5.56° N | +0.69° | 1,782,150 |
| Lomé | Togo | 6.13° N | +0.12° | 2,188,376 |
| Ikeja | Nigeria | 6.58° N | +0.33° | 861,300 |
| Abeokuta | Nigeria | 7.15° N | +0.90° | 888,924 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 6.46° N | +0.21° | 16,625,170 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 7.38° N | +1.13° | 2,550,593 |
| Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 8.13° N | +1.88° | 1,032,000 |
| Ile Ife | Nigeria | 7.47° N | +1.22° | 501,952 |
| Osogbo | Nigeria | 7.77° N | +1.52° | 731,000 |
| Akure | Nigeria | 7.25° N | +1.00° | 847,903 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | 6.32° N | +0.07° | 1,780,000 |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | 6.17° N | +0.08° | 1,483,000 |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 4.77° N | +1.48° | 3,480,000 |
| Owerri | Nigeria | 5.48° N | +0.77° | 908,109 |
| Aba | Nigeria | 5.12° N | +1.13° | 1,160,000 |
| Enugu | Nigeria | 6.44° N | +0.19° | 1,029,400 |
| Bangui | Central African Republic | 4.37° N | +1.88° | 889,231 |
| Juba | South Sudan | 4.85° N | +1.40° | 500,088 |
| Wolaita Sodo | Ethiopia | 6.86° N | +0.61° | 512,498 |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | 6.93° N | +0.68° | 647,557 |
| George Town | Malaysia | 5.41° N | +0.84° | 794,313 |
| Ipoh | Malaysia | 4.60° N | +1.65° | 866,772 |
| Zamboanga City | Philippines | 6.90° N | +0.65° | 1,018,849 |
| General Santos | Philippines | 6.12° N | +0.13° | 722,059 |
| Davao City | Philippines | 7.07° N | +0.82° | 1,848,947 |