How far is Santo Domingo from the sea?
Santo Domingo sits right on the coast: the nearest shoreline is only 0.6 km (0.4 miles) away. The nearest stretch of coast is in Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.
To the coast
0.6 km
0.4 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
191 km
with Haiti
Setting
On the coast
822nd farthest from the sea of 861 cities
Santo DomingoNearest 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.
Santo Domingo at a glance
- Coordinates
- 18.4719° N, 69.8923° W
- Region
- Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
- Distance to the coast
- 0.6 km (0.4 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 18.4673° N, 69.8896° W (Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic)
- Nearest land border
- 191 km (119 miles), with Haiti
- Among Dominican Republic's cities
- 2nd farthest from the sea of the 2 cities measured
Nearby cities and the coast
| City | Country | To the coast |
|---|---|---|
| Santiago de los Caballeros | Dominican Republic | 35 km (22 miles) |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Maracaibo | Venezuela | 0.4 km (0.3 miles) |
| Barquisimeto | Venezuela | 134 km (84 miles) |
| Caracas | Venezuela | 13 km (8.1 miles) |
| Valencia | Venezuela | 33 km (21 miles) |
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Questions
How far is Santo Domingo from the sea?
Santo Domingo sits right on the coast: the nearest shoreline is only 0.6 km (0.4 miles) away. The nearest stretch of coast is in Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 0.6 km (0.4 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 Santo Domingo from the nearest border?
Santo Domingo is 191 km (119 miles) from the nearest land border, with Haiti, in a straight line.
Where in Santo Domingo is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (18.4719° N, 69.8923° W). 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.