title: 27th parallel north
text: # 27th parallel north
  
  The 27th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 51 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.
  
  ## Around the world
  
  Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° north passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 27°0′N 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 0.000°E﻿ / 27.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian)  Algeria 27°0′N 9°50′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 9.833°E﻿ / 27.000; 9.833﻿ (Libya)  Libya 27°0′N 25°0′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 25.000°E﻿ / 27.000; 25.000﻿ (Egypt)  Egypt 27°0′N 33°54′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 33.900°E﻿ / 27.000; 33.900﻿ (Red Sea) Red Sea 27°0′N 35°55′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 35.917°E﻿ / 27.000; 35.917﻿ (Saudi Arabia)  Saudi Arabia 27°0′N 49°40′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 49.667°E﻿ / 27.000; 49.667﻿ (Persian Gulf) Persian Gulf Passing just north of Lavan Island, Iran 27°0′N 53°21′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 53.350°E﻿ / 27.000; 53.350﻿ (Iran)  Iran 27°0′N 55°48′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 55.800°E﻿ / 27.000; 55.800﻿ (Persian Gulf) Persian Gulf Passing just north of Qeshm island, Iran Passing just south of Hormuz Island, Iran 27°0′N 56°54′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 56.900°E﻿ / 27.000; 56.900﻿ (Iran)  Iran 27°0′N 63°15′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 63.250°E﻿ / 27.000; 63.250﻿ (Pakistan)  Pakistan Balochistan Sindh 27°0′N 69°31′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 69.517°E﻿ / 27.000; 69.517﻿ (India)  India Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Bihar 27°0′N 84°51′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 84.850°E﻿ / 27.000; 84.850﻿ (Nepal)  Nepal Birgunj 27°0′N 88°6′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 88.100°E﻿ / 27.000; 88.100﻿ (India)  India West Bengal 27°0′N 88°52′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 88.867°E﻿ / 27.000; 88.867﻿ (Bhutan)  Bhutan 27°0′N 92°5′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 92.083°E﻿ / 27.000; 92.083﻿ (India)  India Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by People's Republic of China Assam Arunachal Pradesh 27°0′N 95°48′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 95.800°E﻿ / 27.000; 95.800﻿ (Myanmar)  Myanmar (Burma) 27°0′N 98°44′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 98.733°E﻿ / 27.000; 98.733﻿ (China)  People's Republic of China Yunnan Sichuan Yunnan Guizhou Hunan (for about 4 km) Guizhou Hunan - passing just north of Hengyang Jiangxi - passing just south of Ji'an Fujian 27°0′N 120°16′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 120.267°E﻿ / 27.000; 120.267﻿ (East China Sea) East China Sea 27°0′N 127°56′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 127.933°E﻿ / 27.000; 127.933﻿ (Japan)  Japan Iheya island 27°0′N 127°56′E﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 127.933°E﻿ / 27.000; 127.933﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Okinawa Island, Japan Passing just south of Yoronjima, Japan Passing just south of Chichi-jima, Japan 27°0′N 114°2′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 114.033°W﻿ / 27.000; -114.033﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Baja California peninsula 27°0′N 112°1′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 112.017°W﻿ / 27.000; -112.017﻿ (Gulf of California) Gulf of California 27°0′N 109°57′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 109.950°W﻿ / 27.000; -109.950﻿ (Mexico)  Mexico Passing just south of Navojoa and just north of Monclova 27°0′N 99°24′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 99.400°W﻿ / 27.000; -99.400﻿ (United States)  United States Texas - mainland and Padre Island 27°0′N 97°23′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 97.383°W﻿ / 27.000; -97.383﻿ (Gulf of Mexico) Gulf of Mexico 27°0′N 82°25′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 82.417°W﻿ / 27.000; -82.417﻿ (United States)  United States Florida - Passing through Port Charlotte and Hobe Sound 27°0′N 80°5′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 80.083°W﻿ / 27.000; -80.083﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 27°0′N 78°13′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 78.217°W﻿ / 27.000; -78.217﻿ (Bahamas)  Bahamas Great Sale Cay 27°0′N 78°12′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 78.200°W﻿ / 27.000; -78.200﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing between the Fish Cays and the Pensacola Cays, Bahamas 27°0′N 13°27′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 13.450°W﻿ / 27.000; -13.450﻿ (Western Sahara) Western Sahara Claimed by Morocco 27°0′N 8°40′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 8.667°W﻿ / 27.000; -8.667﻿ (Mauritania)  Mauritania 27°0′N 8°9′W﻿ / ﻿27.000°N 8.150°W﻿ / 27.000; -8.150﻿ (Algeria)  Algeria
  