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📏 🇿🇦 South Africa
The whole world, measured in South Africas
London is 4.8 South Africas away. Hover over (or tap) anywhere on the map to see how many South Africas away it is.
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How we measure
1 South Africa = 1,826 km (1,135 mi), the longest straight line you can draw across South Africa. Distances run along the Earth’s surface from the nearest edge of South Africa (its main landmass: far-off islands and overseas territories aren’t counted), so anywhere inside it is 0 South Africas away.
The farthest you can get from South Africa
10.5 South Africas
19,114 km (11,877 mi) away, in the North Pacific Ocean (Nearest land: Hawaii, United States, 800 km away). That’s near the exact opposite side of the planet.
Famous cities, in South Africas
| City | South Africas | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | inside! | 0 km |
| Nigeria | 2.1 South Africas | 3,909 km |
| Egypt | 3.2 South Africas | 5,807 km |
| Brazil | 3.3 South Africas | 5,948 km |
| India | 3.5 South Africas | 6,456 km |
| Argentina | 3.8 South Africas | 6,867 km |
| Italy | 4 South Africas | 7,332 km |
| France | 4.6 South Africas | 8,338 km |
| United Kingdom | 4.8 South Africas | 8,680 km |
| Russia | 4.8 South Africas | 8,695 km |
| Australia | 5.8 South Africas | 10,504 km |
| China | 6.1 South Africas | 11,186 km |
| United States | 6.6 South Africas | 12,067 km |
| Japan | 7.1 South Africas | 13,054 km |
| Mexico | 7.4 South Africas | 13,468 km |
| United States | 8.6 South Africas | 15,703 km |
| United States | 10.1 South Africas | 18,499 km |
More fun in South Africas
- It takes 21.9 South Africas to wrap all the way around the equator.
- A tunnel straight through the middle of the Earth would be 7 South Africas long.
- The Moon is 211 South Africas away.
- The International Space Station flies only 0.22 South Africas up.