Latitude twin finder

Find latitude peers

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

Reference input

Use a city Use a custom latitude Drop a pin on the map

City

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

The highlighted city is the one used for comparisons and for the shareable URL.

Custom latitude

Map pin

Pinned location -33.8688°, 151.2093°

Latitude

Longitude

Click the Robinson-projection world map to set a reference latitude. Longitude is stored in the URL so the pin stays shareable, even though the latitude twin results are driven by latitude.

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

Match band Tight match: within 0.25° Close match: within 0.5° Practical match: within 1° Loose match: within 2° Update shareable URL

Why latitude still matters

Latitude is not climate destiny, but it is one of the cleanest ways to compare places quickly. Day length, solar-noon height, and the east-west size of a longitude degree all change systematically as you move away from the equator.

That means same-latitude cities often share the same daylight geometry even when oceans, altitude, and currents make the weather feel very different. Mirror-latitude cities in the opposite hemisphere make the seasonal flip obvious.

Useful search intents: cities on the same latitude, opposite-season city twins, and how daylight changes with latitude.

Good for

• Comparing a city you know with places that share roughly the same daylight geometry
• Teaching why seasons invert across hemispheres even when absolute latitude stays similar
• Checking how much east-west ground a degree of longitude covers at a specific line

Important limitation

Latitude explains sun angle and day length. It does not explain ocean currents, elevation, urban heat, rain shadows, or continental exposure. Use the matches as a daylight-and-geometry comparison, not as a guarantee of similar weather.

Read the launch note for this finder.