Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Tamil Nadu
• Level 2: Chennai

Current local time in Chennai:

12:47 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Chennai on map:^[1]

Chennai GPS coordinates^[2]

13° 5' 16.224" North, 80° 16' 42.492" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	13.77173°,	79.57535°
Center:	13.08784°,	80.27847°
Lower-right:	12.40204°,	80.9816°
Map W x H:	152.3×152.3 km	= 94.6×94.6mi

max Lat:	34.9274°   ⇑86% North
Chennai:	13.08784°
min Lat:	⇓14% South 8.09008°

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min Long	Chennai	max Long
68.82655°	80.27847°	96.81°
W 70.2%⇐		⇒29.8% E

Elevation

Elevation of Chennai is 14 m = 46 ft, and this is 281.6 m = 924 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3681 m = 12077 ft	92.8%
Avg.	295.6 m = 970 ft
Chennai	14 m = 46 ft
Min E:	1 m = 3 ft	7.2%

See also: Chennai elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Chennai is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1150.7 km =715 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Chennai
North Pole	8551.8	5313.8	to North
Arctic Circle	5945.9	3694.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	1150.7	715	to North
Equator	1455.2	904.2	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Alandur 12.3 km =7.6 mi, 219°
• Ambattūr 12.7 km =7.9 mi, 275°
• Chetput 4.5 km =2.8 mi, 244°
• Chinnasekkadu 8.4 km =5.2 mi, 344°
• George Town 0.6 km =0.4 mi, 18°
• Gāndhī Nagar 9.4 km =5.8 mi, 196°
• Kattivākkam 14.9 km =9.3 mi, 16°
• Manali 8.9 km =5.5 mi, 351°
• Manappakkam 14.7 km =9.1 mi, 234°
• Nāravārikuppam 15.3 km =9.5 mi, 318°
• Palavakkam 15.1 km =9.4 mi, 188°
• Perungudi 14.7 km =9.1 mi, 196°
• Porur 14.3 km =8.9 mi, 245°
• Saint Thomas Mount 13 km =8.1 mi, 223°
• Tiruvottiyūr 8.2 km =5.1 mi, 17°

In other languages:

• In Spanish: Madrás, Chennai
• In Russian: Ченнаи
• In Chinese: 金奈