Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Plateau
• Level 2: Jos North

Current local time in Jos:

05:02 PM, Sunday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Jos on map:^[1]

Jos GPS coordinates^[2]

9° 55' 42.564" North, 8° 53' 31.632" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	10.62034°,	8.189°
Center:	9.92849°,	8.89212°
Lower-right:	9.23518°,	9.59525°
Map W x H:	154×154 km	= 95.7×95.7mi

max Lat:	13.7543°   ⇑36.2% North
Jos:	9.92849°
min Lat:	⇓63.8% South 4.31231°

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min Long	Jos	max Long
2.73333°	8.89212°	14.46552°
W 75.8%⇐		⇒24.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Jos is 1186 m = 3891 ft, and this is 889.5 m = 2918 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1599 m = 5246 ft	0.8%
Jos	1186 m 3891 ft
Avg.	296.5 m = 973 ft
Min E:	2 m = 7 ft	99.2%

See also: Jos elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Jos is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of Equator is 1103.9 km =685.9 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Jos
North Pole	8903.1	5532.1	to North
Arctic Circle	6297.2	3912.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	1502	933.3	to North
Equator	1103.9	685.9	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Angware 24.7 km =15.3 mi, 73°
• Barkin Ladi 43.4 km =27 mi, 179°
• Bassa 16.7 km =10.4 mi, 275°
• Bukuru 15.3 km =9.5 mi, 191°
• Kagoro 65.5 km =40.7 mi, 237°
• Kaura 55.7 km =34.6 mi, 238°
• Lere 54.8 km =34.1 mi, 116°
• Lere 61.7 km =38.3 mi, 325°
• Mangu 50.6 km =31.4 mi, 153°
• Panyam 67.9 km =42.2 mi, 148°
• Riyom 35.7 km =22.2 mi, 204°
• Saminaka 58.3 km =36.2 mi, 337°
• Toro 24.2 km =15 mi, 53°
• Vom 24.8 km =15.4 mi, 206°
• Zonkwa 67.8 km =42.1 mi, 256°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Йос, Джос
• In Chinese: 乔斯