Mexico City

Mexico

Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico, as well as the most populous city in North America. It is one of the world's leading cultural and financial centers and, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network's 2024 ranking, is classified as an Alpha world city. Located in the Valley of Mexico on the high Mexican Central Plateau, the city sits at an altitude of 2,240 meters.

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Country: Mexico
Population: 19,028,000
Latitude: 19.44° N
Longitude: 99.13° O

Which way is Mexico City from…

From Paris, Mexico City lies at 291° to the west, 9,195 km as the crow flies.

Paris	291° west	9,195 km
London	289° west	8,928 km
New York	233° south-west	3,358 km
Madrid	288° west	9,062 km
Rome	299° north-west	10,239 km
Montreal	227° south-west	3,728 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	271° west	17,360 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

Heading for Mexico City from London, turn much further north than a flat map suggests: the compass says 289°, west, against 248° on the map. The shortest route crosses the North Atlantic and then the United States before reaching the Gulf of Mexico. From New York, 3,358 km away, aim south-west, at 233°. Mexico City also shares its latitude with Naypyidaw.