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Bern Coordinates

Canton of Bern, Switzerland · Elevation 540m

Quick answer: Bern is located at 46.948100, 7.447400 (N, E).

Different tools require different formats — Garmin devices default to DDM, military maps use MGRS, topo maps use UTM, and web apps expect Decimal Degrees. Copy whichever format your device or application needs. Click any format abbreviation to learn how it works.

All Coordinate Formats

DD

Decimal Degrees

46.948100, 7.447400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

46°56'53.16"N 7°26'50.64"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

46°56.8860'N 7°26.8440'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

32T 381849 5200567
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

32TLT8184900567
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

u0m716xh8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8FR9WCXW+95

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Bern. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-46.948100, 7.447400

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-46.948100, 7.447400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

46°56'53.16"S 7°26'50.64"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

46°56.8860'S 7°26.8440'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

32G 381849 4799433
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

32GLN8184999433
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

hptkcmr52
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4F593C2W+QX

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 32TLT8184900567 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 32 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 32 runs 6° to 12° longitude.
Latitude Band T One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square LT A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter T (south–north).
Easting 81849 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 00567 Distance north within the 100 km square. Same resolution as easting (10 m).

Geohash Precision

A geohash encodes coordinates by subdividing the Earth into progressively smaller cells. Each extra character roughly halves the cell area. The table below shows Bern's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
u
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
u0
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
u0m
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
u0m7
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
u0m71
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
u0m716
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
u0m716x
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
u0m716xh
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
u0m716xh8
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

Precision 9 (highlighted) is the default and provides sub-5-metre accuracy for most applications.

About Bern

De facto capital of Switzerland, a UNESCO World Heritage city with six kilometres of arcades.

Live Converter

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DD

46.948100, 7.447400

DMS

46°56'53.16"N 7°26'50.64"E

DDM

46°56.8860'N 7°26.8440'E

UTM

32T 381849 5200567

MGRS

32TLT8184900567

GH

u0m716xh8

OLC

8FR9WCXW+95

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