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Sofia Coordinates

Sofia City Province, Bulgaria · Elevation 550m

Quick answer: Sofia is located at 42.697700, 23.321900 (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

42.697700, 23.321900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°41'51.72"N 23°19'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°41.8620'N 23°19.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34T 690184 4729860
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34TFN9018429860
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

sx8dfsykp
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8GJ5M8XC+56

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-42.697700, 23.321900

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-42.697700, 23.321900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°41'51.72"S 23°19'18.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°41.8620'S 23°19.3140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34G 690184 5270140
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34GFT9018470140
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k82t4en7z
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4G95882C+XJ

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 34TFN9018429860 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 34 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 34 runs 18° to 24° longitude.
Latitude Band T One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FN A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter N (south–north).
Easting 90184 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 29860 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 Sofia's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sx
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
sx8
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
sx8d
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
sx8df
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
sx8dfs
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
sx8dfsy
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
sx8dfsyk
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
sx8dfsykp
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Sofia

Capital of Bulgaria, one of the oldest cities in Europe, at the foot of Vitosha Mountain.

Live Converter

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DD

42.697700, 23.321900

DMS

42°41'51.72"N 23°19'18.84"E

DDM

42°41.8620'N 23°19.3140'E

UTM

34T 690184 4729860

MGRS

34TFN9018429860

GH

sx8dfsykp

OLC

8GJ5M8XC+56

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