Madrid

Spain

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. It had a population of over 3.4 million in the city proper in 2025, and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.8 million. Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union, after Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, after Paris. The municipality covers an area of 605.77 square kilometres.

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Country: Spain
Population: 5,567,000
Latitude: 40.4° N
Longitude: 3.69° O

Which way is Madrid from…

From Paris, Madrid lies at 209° to the south-west, 1,054 km as the crow flies.

Paris	209° south-west	1,054 km
London	194° south	1,265 km
New York	66° north-east	5,770 km
Rome	268° west	1,363 km
Montreal	69° east	5,534 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	319° north-west	9,151 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

On a flat map, Madrid looks due east of New York, at 90°; the compass says 66°, north-east. From London, no surprise: aim south, at 194°, 1,265 km away. Dig straight down from Madrid and you would surface just 163 km from Wellington. Madrid also shares its latitude with Beijing.