Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Dakar

Current local time in Dakar:

06:41 AM, Saturday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Dakar on map:^[1]

Dakar GPS coordinates^[2]

14° 41' 37.32" North, 17° 26' 38.616" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	15.37276°,	-18.14719°
Center:	14.6937°,	-17.44406°
Lower-right:	14.01253°,	-16.74094°
Map W x H:	151.2×151.2 km	= 94×94mi

max Lat:	16.51293°   ⇑46.7% North
Dakar:	14.6937°
min Lat:	⇓53.3% South 12.485°

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min Long	Dakar	max Long
-17.47581°	-17.44406°	-12.18076°
W 1.7%⇐		⇒98.3% E

Elevation

Elevation of Dakar is 12 m = 39 ft, and this is 12.5 m = 41 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	127 m = 417 ft	80%
Avg.	24.5 m = 80 ft
Dakar	12 m = 39 ft
Min E:	0 m = 0 ft	20%

See also: Dakar elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Dakar is located in North Torrid zone (between Equator and Tropic of Cancer). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 972.1 km =604 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Dakar
North Pole	8373.3	5202.9	to North
Arctic Circle	5767.4	3583.7	to North
Tropic Cancer	972.1	604	to North
Equator	1633.8	1015.2	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Diofior 101.1 km =62.8 mi, 124°
• Joal-Fadiout 88.1 km =54.7 mi, 131°
• Kayar 42.9 km =26.7 mi, 54°
• Keur Babakar Toumbou 101.6 km =63.1 mi, 129°
• Khombole 80.4 km =50 mi, 84°
• Mermoz Boabab 3.7 km =2.3 mi, 292°
• Mékhé 99.7 km =62 mi, 62°
• Nguékhokh 51.4 km =31.9 mi, 113°
• N’diareme limamoulaye 11.7 km =7.3 mi, 33°
• Pikine 9.7 km =6 mi, 36°
• Pout 42.1 km =26.2 mi, 78°
• Thiès 56.7 km =35.2 mi, 79°
• Thiès Nones 52.3 km =32.5 mi, 79°
• Tiadiaye 85.8 km =53.3 mi, 111°
• Warang 64.6 km =40.1 mi, 123°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Дакар
• In Chinese: 達喀爾