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Riyadh Coordinates

Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia · Elevation 612m

Quick answer: Riyadh is located at 24.687700, 46.721900 (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

24.687700, 46.721900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

24°41'15.72"N 46°43'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

24°41.2620'N 46°43.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38R 674210 2731462
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38RPN7421031462
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

th3hrnmb7
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7HP8MPQC+56

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-24.687700, 46.721900

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-24.687700, 46.721900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

24°41'15.72"S 46°43'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

24°41.2620'S 46°43.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38J 674210 7268538
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38JPT7421068538
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

m595x1tze
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5H788P6C+XC

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 38RPN7421031462 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 38 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 38 runs 42° to 48° longitude.
Latitude Band R One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square PN A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter N (south–north).
Easting 74210 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 31462 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 Riyadh's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
t
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
th
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
th3
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
th3h
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
th3hr
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
th3hrn
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
th3hrnm
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
th3hrnmb
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
th3hrnmb7
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Riyadh

Capital of Saudi Arabia, a modern desert metropolis transformed by oil wealth.

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DD

24.687700, 46.721900

DMS

24°41'15.72"N 46°43'18.84"E

DDM

24°41.2620'N 46°43.3140'E

UTM

38R 674210 2731462

MGRS

38RPN7421031462

GH

th3hrnmb7

OLC

7HP8MPQC+56

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