{"study":{"slug":"major-cities-closest-to-equator","title":"Which Major Cities Sit Closest to the Equator?","date":"2026-10-14"},"headers":["rank","city","country","latitude","distance_to_equator_km"],"rows":[[1,"Quito","Ecuador",-0.1807,20],[2,"Kampala","Uganda",0.3476,39],[3,"Nairobi","Kenya",-1.2921,144],[4,"Singapore","Singapore",1.3521,150],[5,"Mogadishu","Somalia",2.0469,228],[6,"Manaus","Brazil",-3.119,347],[7,"Kuala Lumpur","Malaysia",3.139,349],[8,"Fortaleza","Brazil",-3.7327,415],[9,"Kinshasa","DR Congo",-4.4419,494],[10,"Bogotá","Colombia",4.711,524],[11,"Abidjan","Ivory Coast",5.36,596],[12,"Accra","Ghana",5.6037,623],[13,"Jakarta","Indonesia",-6.2088,690],[14,"Medellín","Colombia",6.2442,694],[15,"Lagos","Nigeria",6.5244,725],[16,"Dar es Salaam","Tanzania",-6.7924,755],[17,"Colombo","Sri Lanka",6.9271,770],[18,"Surabaya","Indonesia",-7.2575,807],[19,"Luanda","Angola",-8.839,983],[20,"Panama City","Panama",8.9824,999],[21,"Addis Ababa","Ethiopia",9.0192,1003],[22,"Abuja","Nigeria",9.0765,1009],[23,"Caracas","Venezuela",10.4806,1165],[24,"Ho Chi Minh City","Vietnam",10.8231,1203],[25,"Phnom Penh","Cambodia",11.5564,1285],[26,"Kano","Nigeria",12.0022,1335],[27,"Lima","Peru",-12.0464,1339],[28,"Salvador","Brazil",-12.9714,1442],[29,"Bengaluru","India",12.9716,1442],[30,"Chennai","India",13.0827,1455],[31,"Bangkok","Thailand",13.7563,1530],[32,"Manila","Philippines",14.5995,1623],[33,"Guatemala City","Guatemala",14.6349,1627],[34,"Quezon City","Philippines",14.676,1632],[35,"Dakar","Senegal",14.7167,1636],[36,"Brasília","Brazil",-15.7975,1757],[37,"La Paz","Bolivia",-16.4897,1834],[38,"Yangon","Myanmar",16.8661,1875],[39,"Hyderabad","India",17.385,1933],[40,"Harare","Zimbabwe",-17.8292,1983],[41,"Suva","Fiji",-18.1248,2015],[42,"Pune","India",18.5204,2059],[43,"Puebla","Mexico",19.0414,2117],[44,"Mumbai","India",19.076,2121],[45,"Mexico City","Mexico",19.4326,2161],[46,"Belo Horizonte","Brazil",-19.9167,2215],[47,"Guadalajara","Mexico",20.6597,2297],[48,"Hanoi","Vietnam",21.0285,2338],[49,"Honolulu","United States",21.3069,2369],[50,"Jeddah","Saudi Arabia",21.4858,2389],[51,"Hong Kong","China (SAR)",22.3193,2482],[52,"Shenzhen","China",22.5431,2507],[53,"Kolkata","India",22.5726,2510],[54,"Rio de Janeiro","Brazil",-22.9068,2547],[55,"Ahmedabad","India",23.0225,2560],[56,"Havana","Cuba",23.1136,2570],[57,"Guangzhou","China",23.1291,2572],[58,"São Paulo","Brazil",-23.5505,2619],[59,"Dhaka","Bangladesh",23.8103,2648],[60,"Abu Dhabi","United Arab Emirates",24.4539,2719],[61,"Riyadh","Saudi Arabia",24.7136,2748],[62,"Karachi","Pakistan",24.8607,2764],[63,"Taipei","Taiwan",25.033,2784],[64,"Dubai","United Arab Emirates",25.2048,2803],[65,"Asunción","Paraguay",-25.2637,2809],[66,"Doha","Qatar",25.2854,2812],[67,"Curitiba","Brazil",-25.4284,2828],[68,"Monterrey","Mexico",25.6866,2856],[69,"Miami","United States",25.7617,2865],[70,"Johannesburg","South Africa",-26.2041,2914],[71,"Brisbane","Australia",-27.4698,3055],[72,"Kathmandu","Nepal",27.7172,3082],[73,"Delhi","India",28.7041,3192],[74,"Kuwait City","Kuwait",29.3759,3266],[75,"San Antonio","United States",29.4241,3272],[76,"Chongqing","China",29.4316,3273],[77,"Houston","United States",29.7604,3309],[78,"Durban","South Africa",-29.8587,3320],[79,"New Orleans","United States",29.9511,3330],[80,"Porto Alegre","Brazil",-30.0346,3340],[81,"Cairo","Egypt",30.0444,3341],[82,"Austin","United States",30.2672,3366],[83,"Hangzhou","China",30.2741,3366],[84,"Chengdu","China",30.5728,3400],[85,"Wuhan","China",30.5928,3402],[86,"Alexandria","Egypt",31.2001,3469],[87,"Shanghai","China",31.2304,3473],[88,"Córdoba","Argentina",-31.4201,3494],[89,"Lahore","Pakistan",31.5204,3505],[90,"Jerusalem","Israel",31.7683,3532],[91,"Amman","Jordan",31.9454,3552],[92,"Perth","Australia",-31.9505,3553],[93,"Tel Aviv","Israel",32.0853,3568],[94,"San Diego","United States",32.7157,3638],[95,"Dallas","United States",32.7767,3645],[96,"Rosario","Argentina",-32.9442,3663],[97,"Baghdad","Iraq",33.3152,3704],[98,"Phoenix","United States",33.4484,3719],[99,"Santiago","Chile",-33.4489,3719],[100,"Casablanca","Morocco",33.5731,3733]]}