World Map with Latitude and Longitude
World Map with Latitude and Longitude
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The world map with latitude and longitude is a printable map of the world drawn in the Miller projection with a full coordinate grid over it, ruled every 20 degrees and labelled along all four edges. Every country is named, and the map downloads free as a JPG and a PDF, with a high-resolution file available for large prints.
It is built for coordinate work: reading a position off the grid, plotting one, and seeing where the reference lines actually fall. Explore our other world maps for download, or use the political world map when you need countries without the grid.
It pairs well with our geography worksheets, and with the printable blank world map when you want a version students fill in themselves.
The image below shows the printable world map with the latitude and longitude grid.
What Is on the Map
The grid is the point, so it is drawn to be read rather than decorated.
- Meridians and parallels every 20 degrees, with the degree values labelled on all four edges
- The Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle drawn as dashed lines and named
- The International Date Line marked down the edge of the map
- The Prime Meridian running through the grid at 0 degrees
- Every country named and coloured, with Antarctica included rather than cropped off
Two files are offered: the free version in JPG and PDF, and a high-resolution version at 3840 x 2716 pixels in PNG, JPG and PDF for anything printed larger than A4.
The Reference Lines and Where They Fall
Five lines of latitude and two of longitude do most of the work on any coordinate map, and each one exists for a reason rather than by convention.
| Line | Position | What makes it special |
|---|---|---|
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude | The halfway line between the poles; every latitude is measured from it |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees north | The furthest north the sun is ever directly overhead, at the June solstice |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees south | The same limit in the south, at the December solstice |
| Arctic Circle | 66.5 degrees north | North of it, the sun stays up for at least one full day a year |
| Antarctic Circle | 66.5 degrees south | The southern equivalent, crossing only Antarctica |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude | The line through Greenwich that longitude is counted east and west from |
| International Date Line | Roughly 180 degrees | Where the calendar date changes; it bends to keep countries on one date |
The tropics and the polar circles sit where they do because the Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its axis. Move the tilt and all four lines move with it, which is why they are not round numbers.
How to Read a Coordinate
A coordinate is always latitude first, then longitude, each with a direction. Reading one off this map means finding the parallel, then the meridian, then estimating between the 20-degree lines.
Ten cities and their coordinates, for practice (click to reveal)
| City | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|
| London | 51.5 N | 0.1 W |
| New York | 40.7 N | 74.0 W |
| Cairo | 30.0 N | 31.2 E |
| Delhi | 28.6 N | 77.2 E |
| Beijing | 39.9 N | 116.4 E |
| Tokyo | 35.7 N | 139.7 E |
| Quito | 0.2 S | 78.5 W |
| Rio de Janeiro | 22.9 S | 43.2 W |
| Cape Town | 33.9 S | 18.4 E |
| Sydney | 33.9 S | 151.2 E |
Quito is the useful one to start with: it sits almost exactly on the Equator, so its latitude is close to zero and the only real work is the longitude. Cape Town and Sydney share a latitude to within a tenth of a degree while sitting a third of the world apart, which is a quick way to show that latitude and longitude are independent of each other.
Why the Miller Projection
The Miller projection, published by Osborn Maitland Miller in 1942, is a compromise built for exactly this kind of map. A Mercator map draws the coordinate grid as a perfect rectangle, which is convenient, but it stretches the far north and south so badly that Greenland ends up looking the size of Africa when it is about one fourteenth of it. Miller keeps the straight, rectangular grid that makes coordinates easy to read while pulling the polar distortion back to something reasonable, which is why Antarctica appears here as a landmass rather than a smear along the bottom edge. The trade-off is that areas are still not true, so it is a map for locating places rather than for comparing their sizes. For a rounder world without a coordinate grid, the political world map uses the van der Grinten projection instead.
World Map with Latitude and Longitude Features
- Free version in high-resolution JPG and PDF, plus a paid high-resolution file at 3840 x 2716 pixels in PNG, JPG and PDF
- Coordinate grid every 20 degrees, labelled on all four edges
- Equator, both tropics and both polar circles drawn and named
- International Date Line and Prime Meridian marked
- Miller projection, chosen so the grid stays rectangular and readable
- Every country named, Antarctica included
- Prints cleanly at A4 and US Letter; use the high-resolution file for A3 and above
- Suitable for coordinate exercises, navigation lessons, geography homework and general reference
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the questions people ask most about the free world map with latitude and longitude.
How far apart are the latitude and longitude lines?
Every 20 degrees, in both directions, with the values printed along all four edges of the map. The Equator, the two tropics and the two polar circles are drawn separately as dashed lines and named, so they are easy to tell apart from the grid itself.
Is there a version with the grid but no country names?
This map names its countries: the grid is drawn over a full political map. If you want students to supply the names themselves, use the printable blank world map alongside it, one to work on and one to check against.
Is the map available in black and white?
The map is in colour, but the palette is deliberately light, so the grid, the dashed reference lines and the country outlines all stay readable when the PDF is printed in greyscale on an ordinary office printer.
Can I print it at A4 size?
Yes. The free PDF prints cleanly at A4 and at US Letter. For A3, a wall chart or a poster, use the high-resolution file at 3840 x 2716 pixels, which also comes as a PNG.
Is the world map with latitude and longitude free to download?
Yes, the standard version is free in JPG and PDF, with no sign-up. Only the high-resolution file carries a small one-off price.
How to Get Your Printable Map
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- Proceed to checkout.
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Who It's For
Students learning coordinates, teachers setting plotting exercises, homeschooling parents, sailors and pilots who want a wall reference, and anyone who needs a world map with the grid actually drawn on it.
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