title: 30th parallel south
text: # 30th parallel south
  
  The 30th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 30 degrees south of the Earth's equator. It stands one-third of the way between the equator and the South Pole and crosses Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, South America and the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 5 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 13 minutes during the winter solstice. On December 21, the sun is at 83.83 degrees up in the sky and at 36.17 degrees on June 21.
  
  ## Around the world
  
  Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 30° south passes through:
  
      Co-ordinates Country, territory or ocean Notes 30°0′S 0°0′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 0.000°E﻿ / -30.000; 0.000﻿ (Prime Meridian) Atlantic Ocean 30°0′S 17°9′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 17.150°E﻿ / -30.000; 17.150﻿ (South Africa)  South Africa Northern Cape Free State 30°0′S 27°14′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 27.233°E﻿ / -30.000; 27.233﻿ (Lesotho)  Lesotho 30°0′S 29°1′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 29.017°E﻿ / -30.000; 29.017﻿ (South Africa)  South Africa KwaZulu-Natal - passing just south of Durban 30°0′S 30°57′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 30.950°E﻿ / -30.000; 30.950﻿ (Indian Ocean) Indian Ocean 30°0′S 114°57′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 114.950°E﻿ / -30.000; 114.950﻿ (Australia)  Australia Western Australia South Australia New South Wales 30°0′S 153°13′E﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 153.217°E﻿ / -30.000; 153.217﻿ (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing between islands in the Kermadec chain, New Zealand 30°0′S 71°24′W﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 71.400°W﻿ / -30.000; -71.400﻿ (Chile)  Chile Coquimbo Region - passing just south of Coquimbo 30°0′S 69°55′W﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 69.917°W﻿ / -30.000; -69.917﻿ (Argentina)  Argentina San Juan Province La Rioja Province Catamarca Province - Lago Salinas Grandes Córdoba Province Santiago del Estero Province Santa Fe Province Corrientes Province 30°0′S 57°20′W﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 57.333°W﻿ / -30.000; -57.333﻿ (Brazil)  Brazil Rio Grande do Sul - passing through Porto Alegre 30°0′S 50°7′W﻿ / ﻿30.000°S 50.117°W﻿ / -30.000; -50.117﻿ (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean
  