Home / Landmarks / Montevideo

Montevideo Coordinates

Montevideo Department, Uruguay · Elevation 43m

Quick answer: Montevideo is located at -34.901100, -56.164500 (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

-34.901100, -56.164500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°54'3.96"S 56°9'52.20"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°54.0660'S 56°9.8700'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21H 576333 6137606
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21HWB7633337606
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6cb13yqq2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

48Q53RXP+CX

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

34.901100, -56.164500

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

34.901100, -56.164500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°54'3.96"N 56°9'52.20"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°54.0660'N 56°9.8700'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

21S 576333 3862394
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

21SWU7633362394
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dy0n9cw38
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8865WR2P+C9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 21HWB7633337606 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 21 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 21 runs -60° to -54° longitude.
Latitude Band H One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square WB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter W (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 76333 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 37606 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 Montevideo'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
6c
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6cb
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6cb1
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6cb13
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6cb13y
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6cb13yq
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6cb13yqq
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6cb13yqq2
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Montevideo

Capital of Uruguay, a coastal city on the Río de la Plata, consistently rated Latin America's most livable city.

Live Converter

The coordinates above are fixed to this landmark. Use this converter to enter any other coordinates — such as a nearby trailhead, parking area, or a location you want to compare — and get all 7 formats instantly.

DD

-34.901100, -56.164500

DMS

34°54'3.96"S 56°9'52.20"W

DDM

34°54.0660'S 56°9.8700'W

UTM

21H 576333 6137606

MGRS

21HWB7633337606

GH

6cb13yqq2

OLC

48Q53RXP+CX

Related Landmarks

Buenos Aires

Argentina

-34.6037, -58.3816

(Duplicate)Aeropuerto Pergamino

AR

-33.8960, -60.5748

Comodoro Pierrestegui Airport

AR

-31.2969, -57.9966

Gualeguaychu Airport

AR

-33.0056, -58.6128

General Urquiza Airport

AR

-31.7948, -60.4804

Sauce Viejo Airport

AR

-31.7117, -60.8117