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Regex for Latitude/Longitude

Regex Pattern

^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$

Geographic coordinates (lat, lng) — lat -90 to 90, lng -180 to 180

Quick Answer

The regex pattern for latitude/longitude is `^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$`. Geographic coordinates (lat, lng) — lat -90 to 90, lng -180 to 180. This works in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, and most regex engines that support PCRE syntax.

Test Examples

InputResult
40.7128, -74.0060✓ Matches
0, 0✓ Matches
-33.8688, 151.2093✓ Matches
91, 0✗ No match
0, 181✗ No match
not coords✗ No match

Code Examples

javascript

const regex = /^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$/;
const isValid = regex.test(value);

python

import re
pattern = r'^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$'
if re.match(pattern, value):
    print("valid")

ruby

pattern = /^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$/
if value =~ pattern
  puts "valid"
end

php

if (preg_match('/^-?(?:[1-8]?\d(?:\.\d+)?|90(?:\.0+)?),\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\d(?:\.\d+)?|180(?:\.0+)?|\d{1,2}(?:\.\d+)?)$/', $value)) {
    echo "valid";
}

java

String pattern = "^-?(?:[1-8]?\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?|90(?:\\.0+)?),\\s*-?(?:1[0-7]\\d(?:\\.\\d+)?|180(?:\\.0+)?|\\d{1,2}(?:\\.\\d+)?)$";
boolean isValid = value.matches(pattern);

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