Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸, home to about 5.57 million people, and you would surface in New Zealand 🇳🇿, at 40.4020° S, 176.3147° E. That puts Madrid among the 66 cities on this list — out of 391 — whose antipode is dry land rather than water.
| City | Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 40.4020° N, 3.6853° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 40.4020° S, 176.3147° E |
| What is there | New Zealand 🇳🇿 |
| Nearest town or city | Napier, New Zealand — 114 km (71 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Madrid's antipode falls on dry land, inside New Zealand 🇳🇿. The closest town or city to that point is Napier, New Zealand, about 114 km (71 miles) away.
No other city on this list surfaces in New Zealand — Madrid has it to itself.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (40.4020° N becomes 40.4020° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (3.6853° W becomes 176.3147° E). More on how antipodes work.
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