Comparing the latitude of Europe and America

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Have you ever wondered which cities or countries share the same latitude as your location? The atlas of the maps below will provide the answers to your question.

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

On the map, you can observe that Miami shares the same latitude as Egypt, San Diego aligns with Morocco, and if Detroit were in Europe, it would be located in southern Bulgaria. Similarly, New York City and Washington D.C. would find their counterparts in Turkey.

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

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

Below 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 the 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.