How far is Yangon from the sea?
Yangon is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 35 km (22 miles) away in a straight line.
To the coast
35 km
22 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
199 km
with Thailand
Setting
Near the coast
562nd farthest from the sea of 861 cities
YangonNearest 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.
Yangon at a glance
- Coordinates
- 16.8053° N, 96.1561° E
- Region
- Yangon, Myanmar
- Distance to the coast
- 35 km (22 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 16.5353° N, 96.3326° E
- Nearest land border
- 199 km (124 miles), with Thailand
- Among Myanmar's cities
- 2nd farthest from the sea of the 2 cities measured
Nearby cities and the coast
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Questions
How far is Yangon from the sea?
Yangon is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 35 km (22 miles) away in a straight line.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 35 km (22 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 Yangon from the nearest border?
Yangon is 199 km (124 miles) from the nearest land border, with Thailand, in a straight line.
Where in Yangon is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (16.8053° N, 96.1561° 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.