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Kigali Coordinates

Kigali Province, Rwanda · Elevation 1,567m

Quick answer: Kigali is located at -1.970600, 30.104400 (S, 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

-1.970600, 30.104400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°58'14.16"S 30°6'15.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°58.2360'S 30°6.2640'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36M 177844 9781909
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36MSC7784481909
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kxtkv1327
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GCG24H3+QJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

1.970600, 30.104400

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

1.970600, 30.104400
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°58'14.16"N 30°6'15.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°58.2360'N 30°6.2640'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36N 177844 218091
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36NSH7784418091
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

s8m7jn9re
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GHGX4C3+92

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 36MSC7784481909 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 36 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 36 runs 30° to 36° longitude.
Latitude Band M One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square SC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter S (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 77844 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 81909 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 Kigali's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
k
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
kx
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kxt
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kxtk
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kxtkv
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kxtkv1
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kxtkv13
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kxtkv132
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kxtkv1327
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kigali

Capital of Rwanda, one of Africa's cleanest and safest cities, rebuilt following the 1994 genocide.

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DD

-1.970600, 30.104400

DMS

1°58'14.16"S 30°6'15.84"E

DDM

1°58.2360'S 30°6.2640'E

UTM

36M 177844 9781909

MGRS

36MSC7784481909

GH

kxtkv1327

OLC

6GCG24H3+QJ

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