How far is Aden from the sea?
Aden sits right on the coast: the nearest shoreline is only 0.5 km (0.3 miles) away.
To the coast
0.5 km
0.3 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
459 km
with Saudi Arabia
Setting
On the coast
838th farthest from the sea of 861 cities
AdenNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the sea?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Aden at a glance
- Coordinates
- 12.7796° N, 45.0385° E
- Region
- `Adan, Yemen
- Distance to the coast
- 0.5 km (0.3 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 12.7819° N, 45.0428° E
- Nearest land border
- 459 km (285 miles), with Saudi Arabia
- Among Yemen's cities
- 2nd farthest from the sea of the 2 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Aden from the sea?
Aden sits right on the coast: the nearest shoreline is only 0.5 km (0.3 miles) away.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 0.5 km (0.3 miles) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Aden from the nearest border?
Aden is 459 km (285 miles) from the nearest land border, with Saudi Arabia, in a straight line.
Where in Aden is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (12.7796° N, 45.0385° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.