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Nairobi Coordinates

Nairobi County, Kenya · Elevation 1,661m

Quick answer: Nairobi is located at -1.292100, 36.821900 (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

-1.292100, 36.821900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°17'31.56"S 36°49'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°17.5260'S 36°49.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

37M 257635 9857080
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

37MBU5763557080
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kzf0tuubu
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GCRPR5C+5J

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

1.292100, 36.821900

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

1.292100, 36.821900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°17'31.56"N 36°49'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°17.5260'N 36°49.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

37N 257635 142920
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

37NBB5763542920
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

sb4pmghzh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GHR7RRC+X2

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 37MBU5763557080 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 37 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 37 runs 36° to 42° 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 BU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter B (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 57635 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 57080 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 Nairobi'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
kz
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kzf
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kzf0
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kzf0t
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kzf0tu
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kzf0tuu
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kzf0tuub
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kzf0tuubu
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Nairobi

Capital of Kenya and the largest city in East Africa, the "Green City in the Sun" at 1,661 m elevation.

Live Converter

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DD

-1.292100, 36.821900

DMS

1°17'31.56"S 36°49'18.84"E

DDM

1°17.5260'S 36°49.3140'E

UTM

37M 257635 9857080

MGRS

37MBU5763557080

GH

kzf0tuubu

OLC

6GCRPR5C+5J

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