How far is Mashhad from the sea?
Mashhad is a long way from the sea: the nearest coastline is 501 km (312 miles) away in a straight line. That shore is the Caspian Sea, a lake with no outlet to the ocean. The nearest ocean coast is 1,049 km (652 miles) away in a straight line. See where it ranks among the cities farthest from the sea.
To the coast
501 km
312 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
76 km
with Turkmenistan
Setting
Far inland
207th farthest from the sea of 861 cities
MashhadNearest point on the coastNearest ocean coast (the Caspian is a lake)
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.
Mashhad at a glance
- Coordinates
- 36.2981° N, 59.6057° E
- Region
- Razavi Khorasan, Iran
- Distance to the coast
- 501 km (312 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 36.8537° N, 54.0454° E
- Nearest ocean coast
- 1,049 km (652 miles), in a straight line (leaving out the Caspian Sea)
- Nearest land border
- 76 km (47 miles), with Turkmenistan
- Among Iran's cities
- The farthest from the sea of the 6 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Mashhad from the sea?
Mashhad is a long way from the sea: the nearest coastline is 501 km (312 miles) away in a straight line.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 501 km (312 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 Mashhad from the nearest border?
Mashhad is 76 km (47 miles) from the nearest land border, with Turkmenistan, in a straight line.
Where in Mashhad is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (36.2981° N, 59.6057° 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.