Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Peravia
• Level 2: Baní
• Level 3: Matanzas (D. M.).
• Level 4: Matanzas (Zona Urbana)

Current local time in Matanzas:

12:34 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Matanzas on map:^[1]

Matanzas GPS coordinates^[2]

18° 14' 34.692" North, 70° 25' 3.648" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	18.90946°,	-71.12081°
Center:	18.24297°,	-70.41768°
Lower-right:	17.57392°,	-69.71456°
Map W x H:	148.5×148.5 km	= 92.3×92.3mi

max Lat:	19.89131°   ⇑96.2% North
Matanzas:	18.24297°
min Lat:	⇓3.8% South 17.80136°

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min Long	Matanzas	max Long
-71.85022°	-70.41768°	-68.40431°
W 56.9%⇐		⇒43.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Matanzas is 39 m = 128 ft, and this is 127.3 m = 418 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1242 m = 4075 ft	66.8%
Avg.	166.3 m = 546 ft
Matanzas	39 m = 128 ft
Min E:	5 m = 16 ft	33.2%

See also: Dominican Republic elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Matanzas is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 577.5 km =358.8 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Matanzas
North Pole	7978.6	4957.7	to North
Arctic Circle	5372.7	3338.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	577.5	358.8	to North
Equator	2028.4	1260.4	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Matanzas: (largest is in red/bold)

• Baní 9.9 km =6.2 mi, 65°
• Cambita Garabitos 33 km =20.5 mi, 44°
• El Cacao 34.1 km =21.2 mi, 22°
• Estebanía 33.7 km =20.9 mi, 315°
• Las Charcas 31.2 km =19.4 mi, 317°
• Nizao 21.9 km =13.6 mi, 88°
• Palmar de Ocoa 18.8 km =11.7 mi, 288°
• Paya 13.1 km =8.1 mi, 80°
• Pizarrete 21.1 km =13.1 mi, 72°
• Sabana Buey 11.7 km =7.3 mi, 286°
• Sabana Grande de Palenque 28.5 km =17.7 mi, 85°
• San Cristóbal 38.7 km =24 mi, 60°
• San Gregorio de Nigua 38.6 km =24 mi, 66°
• San José de Ocoa 35 km =21.7 mi, 344°
• Yaguate 27 km =16.8 mi, 67°