The southern tip of Nigeria is located at approximately 4 degrees north. That would put it approximately 240NM north of the Equator.
It is about 6° 27′ 11″ North of the equator.
Nigeria is near the equator.
Nigeria is closer to the equator.Both countries are entirely north of the equator. The northernmost point in Nigeria is 15.786 degrees North latitude; about 1,090 miles closer to the equator than the southernmost point in Israel is.
Nigeria is on the north hemisphere, near the equator.
Port Harcourt ... about 23 miles inland from the southern Nigerian coast ... is roughly 330 miles north of the equator, at latitude 4-2/3 degrees north.
Lagos Nigeria
You can flip the world around so to Nigerians they would say they are above the equator, but to people in North America, you would say Nigeria is below the equator. Nigeria is in the southern hemisphere.
how far is townsville, Australia from the equator
About 8 degrees north of the Equator.
s far at the equator colder than contries near the equator
Because its closer to the equator.
The latitude at the center of Lagos, Nigeria, is about 6.476 degrees north. That's about 720 km (450 miles) north of the equator.