Latitude of Athens Greece compared to us

Have you ever questioned what cities or countries sit on the same latitude as you? The atlas of the maps below will answer your question.

The first map shows the territory of the United States compared to Europe at the same latitudes.

On the map, you can see that Miami is on the same latitude as Egypt, San Diego is on Morocco’s same latitude. If Detroit were in Europe, it would be in southern Bulgaria, while New York City and Washington D.C. in Turkey.

The map of the U.S. with Canada at the same latitudes as Europe is here.

Here are similar maps comparing the latitude of North America with Europe created by Beardsley Klamm with latitude lines.

Here is the animated version of the map.

Let’s try to overlay more European cities in North America.

The map below created by Reddit user havedal shows major cities in North America were replaced by major cities across the Atlantic ocean by latitude.

Now it was the turn to overlay the American cities on the map of Europe.

Here is the map of capital cities of Europe replaced with the largest city in North America by latitude.

Now let’s look at the latitudes at which the capitals of European countries are located and find cities in the world that are at the same latitude.

Here is the map of European capitals renamed to city names on the same latitude.

On the map below, in black marked cities of the northern hemisphere, located at the same latitude as the capitals of European countries, in blue marked cities of the southern hemisphere.

As you can see from the maps, many American cities are located much farther south than European cities. Therefore, it is no less interesting to compare the geographic latitude of American cities with that of Australian cities.

This map shows North American and Australian cities overlaid at equivalent latitude.

Keep in mind that not all cities located at the same latitude have the same climate. You can compare the climate of all the cities in the world here.

Here are a few of the ones within 0.1 of a degree (about 7 miles):

California: Cascade Creek, Stockton, Sonora

Nevada: Mina, Tonopah, Davis Creek

Utah: Lund, Boulder, Moab

Colorado: Telluride, Pueblo, La Junta

Kansas: Garden City, Cimarron, Hutchinson

Missouri: Wheatland, Richland, Rolla

Illinois: Chester, Percy, Benton

Indiana: Mt. Vernon, Evansville, Newburgh

Kentucky: Lewisport, Lexington, Winchester

West Virginia: Harts, Danville, White Sulphur Springs

Virginia: Charlottesville, Louisa, Warsaw

Maryland: Chrisfield, Marion Station

The map above does an excellent job of illustrating the relative latitudes of European and North American cities by transposing them on the opposite continent.

As with our previous look at the Counterintuitive Comparison Of Relative Population Latitudes Of US, Canada & Europe, there are quite a few interesting things to note.

Just a few observations:

• London (51°30′N) is farther north than Calgary (51°03′N) with Amsterdam, Berlin and Dublin being located even further north.
• Montreal is south of Paris.
• Phoenix is placed close to the Ancient city of Carthage, which was a Phoenician city-state. People from Phoenix today are known as Phoenicians. (Credit: reddit users twomancanoe and svaachkuet)
• Miami is at the same latitude as Saudi Arabia.
• Honolulu at the same latitude as the Sahara desert.
• Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Houston are all at the same latitude as North Africa.
• Anchorage is further south than Reykjavik.
• Winnipeg has been placed near Lviv, Ukraine and coincidentally has a large Ukraine population. Even the has Ukraine colours. (credit: reddit user ajyablo)
• Reykjavik’s average temperature in January is -0.6°C (31°F) and is warmer than of -1.7°C (29°F) despite Reykjavik being over 20 degrees further north (64°08′N vs 42°21′N).
• Missoula is placed roughly where Geneva is.
• The map also shows just how wide America and Canada are compared to Europe, stretching the equivalent distance from Spain to the Caspian Sea.

The reason many European cities have milder climates than equivalent cities in North America at the same latitude is of course the Gulf Stream.

Curious what the map for the Southern hemisphere might look like? Well Reddit user Yearlaren has created the following map of South American cities transposed with Australian and New Zealand ones:

Want to learn more about the Gulf Stream and relative latitudes? Then have a look at the following books:

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