City latitude comparator

Compare two cities and answer the search question people actually ask: which one is farther north, how big is the latitude gap, and what does that mean for daylight and solar geometry.

Compare two cities or map pins

Results update instantly as you change either input. Use the button only if you want a shareable URL.

Location A input Use a city Drop a pin on the map

City A

GeoNames-derived reference set with 6077 cities. Filter the list, then choose the exact city.

The selected option becomes Location A in the comparison and the shareable URL.

Point A map pin

Point A 51.5074°, -0.1278°

Latitude

Longitude

Click the Robinson-projection map to pin any reference location, even if it is not in the city dataset.

Map base: World map configurable.svg on Wikimedia Commons, a CC0 Robinson projection centered at 10°E.

Location B input Use a city Drop a pin on the map

City B

Search by city name, then choose the exact result when multiple places share a name.

The selected option becomes Location B in the comparison and the shareable URL.

Point B map pin

Point B 40.7128°, -74.006°

Latitude

Longitude

Map pins are useful when you want to compare a city with an arbitrary place or compare two non-city locations directly.

Map base: World map configurable.svg on Wikimedia Commons, a CC0 Robinson projection centered at 10°E.

Why this page exists

Search engines are full of one-off comparison threads asking whether a European city is farther north than a North American one, or whether two places that feel climatically unrelated actually sit at similar latitudes. Most answers stop at a single number and never explain the daylight consequences.

This page is built for those queries. It settles the ranking quickly, then shows enough geometry to make the result stick.

Useful search intents: which city is farther north, city latitude comparison, and surprising latitude facts.

Which location is farther north?

London, United Kingdom is farther north than New York City, United States.

Latitude gap: 10.79°, which is about 1201.6 km / 746.6 miles.

Their absolute latitude difference is large enough to create a noticeably different daylight pattern.

Daylight comparison

June solstice gap: 1h 29m. December solstice gap: 1h 29m.

Both locations sit in the same hemisphere, so their longer-day season falls on the same side of the year.

Solar geometry

Equinox solar-noon height differs by 10.80°.

At the equinox, the Sun's noon altitude is a quick way to see how far each city sits from the equator in geometric terms.

Latitude-band visual

The equator stays fixed at the center so the north-south relationship is easy to read at a glance.

Quick interpretation

London, United Kingdom sits at 51.51° N and New York City, United States sits at 40.71° N.
Both locations sit in the same hemisphere, so their longer-day season falls on the same side of the year.
Their absolute latitude difference is large enough to create a noticeably different daylight pattern.

If you want nearby latitude peers rather than a two-location verdict, the latitude twin finder is still the better follow-up page.

Location-by-location detail

Location	Latitude	Distance from equator	June daylight	December daylight	Equinox noon Sun	One longitude degree
London, United Kingdom	51.51° N	5733.9 km / 3562.8 mi	16h 25m	7h 35m	38.49°	69.29 km / 43.05 mi
New York City, United States	40.71° N	4532.3 km / 2816.2 mi	14h 55m	9h 05m	49.29°	84.38 km / 52.43 mi

Good for

Checking whether a familiar “this city is farther north than that one” claim is true
Seeing how the same latitude question changes when the cities are in opposite hemispheres
Teaching why day length tracks latitude more cleanly than temperature does

Important limitation

Latitude is powerful for daylight and sun angle, but it does not encode altitude, prevailing winds, ocean currents, or continental exposure. Use this to compare geographic geometry, not to guarantee similar climate.

Read the launch note for this comparator.