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Brasília Coordinates

Federal District, Brazil · Elevation 1,172m

Quick answer: Brasília is located at -15.780100, -47.929200 (S, W).

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

-15.780100, -47.929200
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°46'48.36"S 47°55'45.12"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°46.8060'S 47°55.7520'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

23L 186143 8253205
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

23LJC8614353205
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6vjyjr742
Plus Code

Open Location Code

58PJ639C+VV

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

15.780100, -47.929200

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

15.780100, -47.929200
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°46'48.36"N 47°55'45.12"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°46.8060'N 47°55.7520'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

23P 186143 1746795
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

23PJT8614346795
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dfvcv2ej8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

787JQ3JC+33

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 23LJC8614353205 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 23 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 23 runs -48° to -42° longitude.
Latitude Band L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square JC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter J (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 86143 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 53205 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 Brasília's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
6
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
6v
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6vj
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6vjy
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6vjyj
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6vjyjr
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6vjyjr7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6vjyjr74
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6vjyjr742
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Brasília

Capital of Brazil, a modernist planned city designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, built in the 1950s.

Live Converter

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DD

-15.780100, -47.929200

DMS

15°46'48.36"S 47°55'45.12"W

DDM

15°46.8060'S 47°55.7520'W

UTM

23L 186143 8253205

MGRS

23LJC8614353205

GH

6vjyjr742

OLC

58PJ639C+VV

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