{"study":{"slug":"major-cities-closest-to-prime-meridian","title":"Which Major Cities Sit Closest to the Prime Meridian?","date":"2026-10-14"},"headers":["rank","city","country","longitude","approx_distance_to_prime_meridian_km"],"rows":[[1,"London","United Kingdom",-0.1278,9],[2,"Accra","Ghana",-0.187,21],[3,"Valencia","Spain",-0.3763,32],[4,"Toulouse","France",1.4442,116],[5,"Birmingham","United Kingdom",-1.8904,128],[6,"Manchester","United Kingdom",-2.2426,149],[7,"Paris","France",2.3522,172],[8,"Barcelona","Spain",2.1686,181],[9,"Glasgow","United Kingdom",-4.2518,266],[10,"Algiers","Algeria",3.0588,273],[11,"Brussels","Belgium",4.3517,306],[12,"Antwerp","Belgium",4.4025,307],[13,"Rotterdam","Netherlands",4.4777,307],[14,"Madrid","Spain",-3.7038,314],[15,"Amsterdam","Netherlands",4.9041,333],[16,"Lagos","Nigeria",3.3792,374],[17,"Lyon","France",4.8357,376],[18,"Dublin","Ireland",-6.2603,416],[19,"Marseille","France",5.3698,435],[20,"Abidjan","Ivory Coast",-4.0083,444],[21,"Geneva","Switzerland",6.1432,473],[22,"Cologne","Germany",6.9603,488],[23,"Seville","Spain",-5.9845,529],[24,"Bern","Switzerland",7.4474,566],[25,"Oslo","Norway",10.7522,600],[26,"Turin","Italy",7.6869,604],[27,"Frankfurt","Germany",8.6821,620],[28,"Rabat","Morocco",-6.8416,631],[29,"Zurich","Switzerland",8.5417,644],[30,"Hamburg","Germany",9.9937,661],[31,"Casablanca","Morocco",-7.5898,704],[32,"Gothenburg","Sweden",11.9746,712],[33,"Milan","Italy",9.19,718],[34,"Porto","Portugal",-8.6291,723],[35,"Copenhagen","Denmark",12.5683,789],[36,"Lisbon","Portugal",-9.1393,794],[37,"Abuja","Nigeria",7.3986,813],[38,"Munich","Germany",11.582,860],[39,"Tunis","Tunisia",10.1815,907],[40,"Berlin","Germany",13.405,908],[41,"Kano","Nigeria",8.592,936],[42,"Stockholm","Sweden",18.0686,1026],[43,"Prague","Czechia",14.4378,1031],[44,"Rome","Italy",12.4964,1035],[45,"Reykjavik","Iceland",-21.9426,1065],[46,"Naples","Italy",14.2681,1201],[47,"Vienna","Austria",16.3738,1215],[48,"Helsinki","Finland",24.9384,1381],[49,"Kraków","Poland",19.945,1425],[50,"Budapest","Hungary",19.0402,1432],[51,"Warsaw","Poland",21.0122,1433],[52,"Luanda","Angola",13.2894,1462],[53,"Saint Petersburg","Russia",30.3609,1693],[54,"Kinshasa","DR Congo",15.2663,1694],[55,"Cape Town","South Africa",18.4241,1702],[56,"Minsk","Belarus",27.559,1808],[57,"Dakar","Senegal",-17.4677,1881],[58,"Sofia","Bulgaria",23.3219,1908],[59,"Bucharest","Romania",26.1025,2075],[60,"Athens","Greece",23.7275,2082],[61,"Kyiv","Ukraine",30.5234,2164],[62,"Moscow","Russia",37.6173,2356],[63,"Istanbul","Turkey",28.9784,2434],[64,"Johannesburg","South Africa",28.0473,2801],[65,"Ankara","Turkey",32.8597,2805],[66,"Alexandria","Egypt",29.9187,2849],[67,"Durban","South Africa",31.0218,2995],[68,"Cairo","Egypt",31.2357,3010],[69,"Beirut","Lebanon",35.5018,3280],[70,"Tel Aviv","Israel",34.7818,3281],[71,"Harare","Zimbabwe",31.0522,3291],[72,"Jerusalem","Israel",35.2137,3333],[73,"Amman","Jordan",35.9284,3394],[74,"Kampala","Uganda",32.5825,3627],[75,"Jeddah","Saudi Arabia",39.1925,4060],[76,"Nairobi","Kenya",36.8219,4098],[77,"Baghdad","Iraq",44.3661,4127],[78,"Salvador","Brazil",-38.5014,4177],[79,"Addis Ababa","Ethiopia",38.7525,4261],[80,"Fortaleza","Brazil",-38.527,4280],[81,"Dar es Salaam","Tanzania",39.2083,4334],[82,"Rio de Janeiro","Brazil",-43.1729,4427],[83,"Belo Horizonte","Brazil",-43.9345,4598],[84,"Tehran","Iran",51.389,4646],[85,"Kuwait City","Kuwait",47.9774,4654],[86,"Riyadh","Saudi Arabia",46.6753,4720],[87,"São Paulo","Brazil",-46.6333,4759],[88,"Porto Alegre","Brazil",-51.2177,4936],[89,"Curitiba","Brazil",-49.2733,4954],[90,"Mogadishu","Somalia",45.3182,5042],[91,"Montevideo","Uruguay",-56.1645,5128],[92,"Brasília","Brazil",-47.8919,5130],[93,"Doha","Qatar",51.531,5187],[94,"Buenos Aires","Argentina",-58.3816,5349],[95,"Abu Dhabi","United Arab Emirates",54.3773,5510],[96,"Dubai","United Arab Emirates",55.2708,5567],[97,"Rosario","Argentina",-60.6505,5666],[98,"Montreal","Canada",-73.5674,5740],[99,"Tashkent","Uzbekistan",69.2401,5791],[100,"Asunción","Paraguay",-57.5759,5796]]}