Interesting Latitudes of Cities from Around the World 

The lesson here is that europe is much northern than we think

Meteorologist here. You're completely wrong about why cities such as Chicago and Rome have different climates. Western Europe is a massive peninsula surrounded on all sides by warmer water. That plays a huge effect on the weather. Chicago is in the middle of a massive continent, with cold winds blowing down from Canada. Lake Michigan has very little to do with the reason Chicago is cold. Even in Europe, the further east you go, the more extreme the weather because you are moving further inland, away from the mitigating effects of warmer oceans.

That was really surprising! I'm really good at geography, and I know intellectually that Europe is farther north than it seems from my perspective in the US, but I still don't really internalize it. It's shocking to think Montréal and Venice are at the same line of latitude!

I was surprised when I first realised the entirety of Great Britain is north of the US/Canada border. Even London is further north than most major Canadian cities. I forget how far north we are due to the effects of the gulf stream giving us much milder weather.

I'm surprised you didn't mention how far east South America is compared to North America.

It is important to remember with these longitude/latitude comparisons that the climates are very different for places deep in the heart of a large continent. Summers are usually much hotter and winters more extreme . Whereas island Nations have a more equable climate with not so much contrast.

The Venice-Montreal lattitude similarity is surprising considering how cold Montreal gets in the winter. Venice doesn't get super freezing in the winter, but the months of December through February are on average a couple of degrees colder than London which is further North. It also receives more annual precipitation. At the same time, Venice also has a much hotter summer and far more annual sunshine than London.

I fondly remember the Englishman who as an aside mentioned that he could never live as far north as I do. He was amazed to learn that Winnipeg is closer to the Equator than all of Great Britain. Palm trees grow in Cornwall at latitudes further north than the boreal forest of southeastern Manitoba.

There’s this ocean current called the Gulf Stream which takes warm water from the Caribbean to the western coast of Europe. That’s why even though the North of the US and Southern Europe are the same latitude they have vastly different climates.

What always got me is the UK is at the same latitude as Hudson Bay in Canada. One has Mild winters the other has polar bears.

Chicagos winter temperatures are cold because it is continental interior with a west-east wind prevalence which brings colder temps. Lake Michigan actually helps regulate its winter temps otherwise it would potentially get much colder in winter.

Amsterdam, Berlin and Warsaw share a latitude of just a bit over 52 degrees. Gdynia, Poland not only has the same latitude as Ketchikan, Alaska, it also has the same solar noon in respect to their time zones.

My biggest surprise was that Reno, Nevada, is farther west than Los Angeles. Reno is located at 119°49' West, while Los Angeles is located at 118°14' West. 😯 Miami, Florida is farther west than Santiago, Chile. Wow! 😂 Thanks for this geography educational video. 👍🤠👍

60° N is the border between several Canadian provinces and the territories. It runs through thousands of kilometers of vast nothingness in Canada. While in Europe, at a similar latitude, the cities of Bergen, Oslo, Stockholm, Uppsala, Helsinki, Tallinn and St Petersburg are located. There are some cities and towns near 60°N in European Russia as well, but in Siberia it’s taiga and tundra again for thousands of kilometers. The entire population of Canada's territories could fit into Zenit Stadium, which is only 3 km south from that latitude.

I am by all means no expert, but I believe that a big reason for why Europe is generally hotter at these latitudes is due to the Gulf Stream. In fact the North Atlantic Drift, an extension of the Gulf Stream, brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to western Europe, moderating temperatures in countries like the United Kingdom and western France.

Vancouver BC, with a nearly Mediterranean climate, has the same latitude as the Kerguelen Islands (on opposite hemispheres though), which have a polar climate, an ice cap, and a tidewater glacier, and are practically a mini Antarctica. Additionally, the southernmost coral reef (and nearly tropical climate) of Lord Howe Island is less than 20 degrees of latitude off from that of the Kerguelen Islands.

Chicago isn’t cold because of Lake Michigan. The prevailing winds blow west to east, and Lake Michigan east of Chicago. Furthermore, Chicago, when it’s really cold, is colder than freezing in the winter but Lake Michigan rarely freezes, and so its water is usually warmer than the air. The reason that Chicago gets cold in the winter is because it’s in the center of a large continent, whereas Rome is more influenced by the Mediterranean.

“This one seriously shocks me. Dublin, Ireland and Hamburg, Germany.” Hun 🤨 why is that shocking

I've always found this stuff fascinating. I live near Toronto which i assume most people see as the frozen north. Fun fact, not far south of me is the southern most point of Canada - Pelee Island in Lake Erie. It's south of the the northern border of California, south of Rome and just a titch north of Barcelona. There are 22 US states partially or completely north of this point. I once added up there are almost as many people in the US that technically live north of "Canada" than the entire population of Canada (that was back when we were only 30M people though, probably a different story now).

As a Chicago resident, the city was built on a swamp, you can feel like in the summer. The Lake creates itself own biosphere during the winter and absolutely sucks how cold it is. 😂😂😂

French Guiana is south of 15 degrees latitude while Taiwan is north of it, 15 degrees north doesn't pass through them

I didn't quite get the surprise of the Dublin and Hamburg one. I have always thought of Dublin as being further south than northern Germany.

Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Santiago, Sydney and Cape Town are all located within the 33/34 South Parallel. Similar mild weather.

Did you really say Ibitha? 😂😂😂

Here is a new one for you. 27.6 degrees north latitude. This latitude is shared by warm, hot and sea-level Tampa, Florida and the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest with its arctic climate.

I'm also from a 53.5N city, Edmonton, Alberta! The Northern-most large city in the Americas... Same latitude as Dublin, Hamburg, Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds! Also why the city is swimming in ethnic Irish, English and German... Myself included there too!

Great video! I love this stuff! Here's one for you. Anchorage, Alaska is further north than Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo

The latitude isn't the only variable in forming of the climate, though.

Educational videos be like: North pole has same latitute as south pole. 🤯

As a Canadian who goes through harsh, snowy winters, it has indeed always blown my mind that England and Ireland are actually further North and barely even have winters.

People also tend to ‘think’ within a country. Example? If you asked people how far San Antonio Texas in the USA was from the Pacific Ocean they would likely think of the 1,500 mile (2,200+ km) 2 1/2 day drive to California. Yet by heading directly southwest through Mexico, you can reach the Pacific in a day, and around 800 miles (1,200 km) of driving.

3:00 Miami is in south EAST. Lake Michigan actually seems to keep the area of Chicago more temperate. The suburbs west of the lake have larger swings of temperatures. The lake kind of moderates all of that.

The north and south poles also share the same longitude.

In latitudes equal to the north of Scotland you have to be wary of polar bears wandering into town. That fascinates me. Imagine walking home from the pub in Inverness and keeping an eye out for 9 foot tall murder machines? Actually, if Wikipedia's distribution map is anything to go by, you'd be watching out for polar bears in the quieter suburbs of paris 😯

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Chicago - incredibly cold Me: laughs in Russian

I’ve had fun showing my European relatives that many places in Europe are way more North than where I am here in Ottawa, Canada. Telling them that Zagreb or Venice is at nearly the same latitude makes them check an atlas. It’s quite fun as they associate how northerly something is by how cold the winters are.

Did this exercise a few years back. As I prepared for my trip to Japan, but then covid happened. Regardless, I feel myself drawn to Hokkaido whenever I think of Japan. And their winters get really cold, much colder (record for Japan is below -40℃) with much more snowfall than we experience here in the Netherlands. When you realize the northern most point of Japan is about the same distance from the equator as Milan (45 degrees north), it seems odd. Their summers are humid and hot, like a sauna, while winters are freezing cold and autumn gets typhoons and monsoons, one can understand why they appreciate the spring so much. Meanwhile their southern most point is about 20 degrees north. And then there's east to west, you'll realize just how stretched Japan really is.

What a mindblowing information! Bouncers one after the another. Simply superb. Just one thing - what about Equatorial Guinea? Isn't it on the equator also?

I learned that Chicago is on more or less the same latitude as Rome and my home city in Bulgaria when I was playing as a child at home with a globe I had borrowed from a friend and was following the latitude. I also discovered that Barcelona is pretty close to the same latitude but that the most populated Japanese islands are way below. It was a very eye opening experience 😁

Los Angeles, CA and Tel Aviv, Israel. Weather and landscape are identical. Whatever grows in CA, grows in Israel.

Cape Town and Sydney share the same latitude at about 34 degrees south, both share similar sub tropical climates although Sydney is slightly warmer throughout the year. Auckland NZ is actually higher in latitude than Melbourne in Australia. Again, both share similar climates, although Auckland is considerably wetter than Melbourne due to it being surrounded by the Pacific and Tasman seas.

Ottawa here. I have noticed that Venice was the same latitude. We do have great winter sports.

Hi I am Sahman from Indonesia and I love Geography. Yes, it is true some cities have the same latitude but I think the climates between them not only based on latitude but also influenced by it is condition around the place such as ocean, continent, sea, or dessert. I think so. Love from Indonesia.

Most of Europe is further north than North Korea and the whole United States (excluding Alaska)

Miami became more similar to Dubai politically in the last year 😂

Reykjavík, Iceland and Fairbanks, Alaska are both at 64°N. They have very different climates.

Chicago gets its cold from being central in a continent. The lake provides a bit of heat and extra snow.

Glasgow, Edinburgh and Moscow are on roughly the same latitude - with, I think I read somewhere, only about 1% of the world’s population living to the north of these cities.

Glasgow, Edinburgh, Copenhagen and Moscow are all the same latitude which just sounds insane that somewhere as sunny and somewhat tropical like Scotland is the same as the areas around Moscow in Russia.

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Ulaanbaatar and Seattle are both 47⁰N

Most people know the 38th parallel separates Korea, not many people know it’s also Washington DC.

This is brilliant. I'm always curious what countries are on a similar latitude as my home state of SC even though we have a lot different weather due to tides and air currents and geography. I can see why SC is so hot in the summer. We share the same latitude as some middle Eastern countries and India and parts of China. Very different geographically but still share some similarities in weather. Even when crossing the U.S. it's crazy to see the differences and similarities in weather and geography to other areas on the same latitude

I guess for a lot of Europeans it comes as a surprise how far south North America actually is compared to Europe. They assume that the Canadian cities which are perceived as cold must be at the level of the Nordic countries, and that the north-eastern cities of the US (NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, etc.) are at the level of Central Europe. But actually, looking at the large eastern cities of Canada - Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, Ottawa - they are all more south than Geneva. Even Edmonton, the northernmost large Canadian city, is at the level of Hamburg. Conversely, Finland (as well as most of the rest of Fennoscandia) is almost completely above the 60th latitude, on the upper third of the Northern Hemisphere. That's at the level of the extremely sparsely populated three territories in Canada. The northern tips of Norway, Sweden and Finland are at the level of the frigid islands of northern Canada. All the Nordic capitals are at the level of Hudson Bay in Canada, or higher. If Sweden, Norway and Finland were flipped onto the Southern Hemisphere, their most northern tips would be in Antarctica. Finland and Norway would both be completely far below the most southern tip of South America. Also, on a more general observation, it's interesting that most of the inhabited landmass is above the equator. A common instinct for many Europeans is to think that warm places are south of the equator, since travelling somewhere warm always means going south which is what the _Southern_ Hemisphere is, while the colder countries are above it. But actually, most of Asia is above the equator. South Asia and almost all of Southeast Asia are actually "northern" countries, as they are situated above the equator. Only about a third of Africa is below the equator. Two thirds of Africa belongs to the "northern world".

Damn this is so good, this video gives me peace while learning about countries who're sharing the same latitude. The background music is so nice.

Does it mean Europe is basically a warmer place compared to other continent with the same latitude?

The town I'm from is more northern then all but 2 north american city (Edmonton and Anchorage) but is more south then Denmarks southern most point. Also Helsinki and Anchorage are very close in latitude with anchorage being 1 degree more northern

Washington State is quite temperate (by North America standards at least) for its latitude between 46-49 degrees north. Among other things, we have a sagebrush desert, the Columbia Plateau, which gets hotter than anywhere else on Earth at its latitude except for the climatically and latitudinaly similar Astrakhan in Russia, near where the Volga River empties into the Caspian Sea.

Who the hell says Aibeetha??? It's ee-beeza

if the jet stream collapses i’m confident europe would be uninhabitable for the most part, it would be insanely cold there

1:18. Chicago doesn't get incredibly cold days because of Lake Michigan. If anything the lake has a moderating effect and makes it warmer in winter and colder in summer. Chicago gets its cold days from being on the edge of the plains and being interior climate. Also the 'windy' monicker comes from the politicians talking not actual wind.

I was surprised to find London and Calgary are the same altitude, or Manchester and Edmonton.

these weather anomalies feel weird only between the east coast of us and europe, the west coast actually makes a good match for europe in terms of latitude and temperature. LA has a climate similar to the south of Spain, Portland is like the south of France, Seattle is like Paris or belgium, and Vancouver is like London. The only difference is that even at UK level, in North America the rainfall pattern is still Mediterranean with dry summers, In Europe the rain pattern evens out around 45 °. You get real oceanic till 54 ° but much colder than Europe's.

As a Torontotonian, my favorite was always Toronto and Marseilles.

Toronto Canada and Florence Italy. It is the distance away from the ocean which makes North American cities so cold.

The fact Chicago is in the middle of a huge continent is more relevant to its weather than the lake effect - whereas Rome is near the coast and on a peninsula (Italy) surrounded by relatively warm seas (the Med).

You should also include London and Komsomolsk, both 51° north. Their avg. Jan. low temps are 2°C and -31°C, respectively.

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It’s not latitude and longitude related but I found it’s interesting that Reno, Nevada is more west than Los Angeles , California.

I live in Waipukurau, a small farming town on the east coast of the North Island of NZ. My town is the only town in the world through which Latitude 40 South passes at the start of the Roaring Forties.

I knew Europe is further up than you'd think but when you really look into it, it messes with your mind a bit.

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Look at Los Angeles, California; and Beruit, Lebanon; and Tunisia. Check out Seattle, Washington; an Paris, too! Have fun!!

My favorite is still: southern tip of Alaska is 51.25 N Lat, and London is 51.50 N Lat.

Being Canadian and looking at the map of Canada and Google Earth countless times, I somehow was shocked to see Ottawa and Montreal on the same latitude when showing it over Italy

Minor correction, Nairobi is 1.29° south of the equator and not north of it.

Interesting video. I always wondered where London actually sat in the world. Its also clear that nearer to the equator doesn't gauarantee warmer weather.

It'd be interesting to do one on rainfall. London gets significantly less rain than so many major cities.

Why do you use the Mercator projection map?

A lot of these differences in climate have very little to do with latitude and a lot more to do with the location on their respective continents. The places by the ocean have milder climate than those inside continents (see difference between Regina and London). The places on the west side of the continents generally have milder climates (see difference between New York and Madrid). Prevailing winds and ocean currents bringing warmer, wetter air in winter to Western shores making it warmer in winter than the inside of continent or even Eastern shores. This is especially true for Europe as it's peninsula made of peninsulas with mountains running latitudinally (in US this is limited by Rocky mountains running along the West coast) so all this changes climate way into the continent so nowhere else has so many big cities above 50N. But you can also see this in Alaska coast being warmer than the latitude may suggest. And then of course you have to take

Cities with Similar Weather Mexico City- Nanning southeast China. Buenos Aires - Houston Texas Santiago Chile -Tecate Baja California Northwest Mexico Tampico Mexico- Miami Florida Can Cun Mexico Manila Philipines Chihuahua Mexico- Austin Texas Eureka California- Santiago de Compostela Spain San Francisco California-Lisbon Portugal Chicago-Cracow Poland Washington DC -Tokyo Japan Seúl Corea-New York City London-Vancouver Canada Montreal Canada-Moscow Rusia

If you add the effect of distance from large water bodies of any location and the specially where does the water body lie in the general wind patterns (jet streams) .... Every location having different climate while on the same latitude would make sense

There are, in my opinion, more differences than similarities between places with similar latitudes. I lived for some years in Blind River on the north shore of Lake Huron in Ontario. 46 degrees north. The winters were extremely cold with unbelievable amounts of snow. The summers were very warm. My home town in England is 53 degrees north. Much milder in winter. The difference is due to the warning waters of the Gulf Stream compared with Blind River being in the middle of a vast continental land mass.

There's another fun side-effect of all this; sunset and sundown. A couple of years ago I was flying out of Amsterdam to New York and next to me sat a girl from New Jersey that had been on a Eurotrip. She was amazed how long it stayed light in the Netherlands during summer. It is often still light at 22:00 and the sun won't even fully set at midnight during the height of summer. I told her New York was the same latitude as Madrid, which is about 1700+ km (1000+ miles) south of Amsterdam. If you go even further North the won't set at all. Blew her mind!

I found it quite interesting when i observed that the whole of the UK is further north than the contiguous United States- so Cornwall, our most southerly and mildest county, where they grow palm trees outside, is further North (50⁰) than eg North Dakota (47⁰) where i believe its pretty cold in winter!

6:04 "EXTREMELY cold winters" Bruh... -12 degrees is just a normal cold day. "Extremely cold" starts from like -30/-40 degrees.

Fun fact, Vancouver BC, Seattle Washington, And Portland Oregon are all further north than Toronto, Canada.

Actually, Athens and San Francisco are both Mediterranean climates. Just Athens is the hot summer variety. SF usually doesn't get "warm" til September. And the total rainfall amounts are about 10 inches difference. In that respect, Athens is more like an inland Southern California climate, with SoCal (and even LA) being warmer in the winter and equivalent or slightly cooler in the summer. Rome is also a hot summer Mediterranean, both wetter and also cooler than Southern California in the winter.

Something İ realized sometime ago is how much narrower a geographical timezone is on higher latitudes than on the equator. For example Russia, which has 11 time zone, would probably have just 6 (still a lot indeed) if it were located on the equator. On the other hand, İndonesia with its three time zone (actually 4, but the westernmost province of Aceh is included in the western timezone.) would probably fall into 6 or 7 different time zone if it were located on similar latitudes such as Russia. Thus when comparing how large (or wide) a country is based on their time zones, we must also take into account their latitudes (and of course something like the fact that a huge country like China decides to have a single time zone).

Hawaii is much more south than most people realise being even more south than Florida

Dhaka is located in the Tropic of Cancer and 90 degree north longitude.

DC is at the same latitude as a couple big cities in Morracco and Libiya. The most populated latitude is 40 degrees North

Reasons why europe is warmer than other areas in the same latitude : - Surrounded by water ( Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea ) - Receives warmer temperatures because of the Gulf Streams - Is right above the Sahara Desert - Azores High If you know any other reasons please tell me

"Extremely Cold" "low of -12°C" my Canadian mind is really confused now. That's late fall, early spring weather here in Winterpeg. Ever experienced -40°?

Some cities that are about the same latitude are: Edmonton, AB, Canada and Hamburg, Germany, Manila, Philippines and Guatemala City, Guatemala, Calgary, AB, Canada and Dresden, Germany, Tokyo, Japan and Santa Fe, NM, USA, Toronto, ON, Canada and Nice, France, Puebla, Mexico and Mumbai, India, Beijing, China and Philadelphia, PA, USA, Bangkok, Thailand and San Salvador, El Salvador, Dawson Creek, BC, Canada and Moscow, Russia, Guangzhou, China and Havana, Cuba, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada and Mainz, Germany, and Penticton, BC, Canada and Nuremberg, Germany.

Although London and Lisbon share the time zone, they don't have the same longitude, not even similar. London is at 0 degrees longitude and Lisbon at 9.8 degrees W. A city with the same longitude as London is Castellón in Spain at the Mediterranean coast. There is the whole peninsula in-between.

The climate does not correlate with latitude, because it depends on ocean currents, winds and mountains.

I'm in the west of Ireland and it amuses me to think that there are polar bears in Canada living at this latitude.

Taiwan is way further north than 15 latitude, it's probably at 24 and above, at 15 degrees you will find the Philippines