Degree symbol (°): copy it or type it on any keyboard
U+00B0 · DEGREE SIGN · Unicode 1.1 (1993)
How to type °
Windows
Alt code (numeric keypad)
Alt+0176
Turn on Num Lock, hold the Alt key, type 0176 on the numeric keypad and let go of Alt: ° appears.
The shorter code Alt+248 works too in most programs.
Word and Outlook: Alt + X
00B0 Alt+X
Type 00B0 and press Alt+X right after it: Word turns the code into °. Press Alt+X again to turn it back into the code.
Emoji and symbols panel (Windows 10 and 11)
Win+.
Press Win + full stop (.) to open the panel, go to the Symbols tab (Ω) and pick °.
No numeric keypad on your laptop? See the other ways in our Alt codes guide.
Mac
Keyboard shortcut (U.S. layout)
⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+8
Press ⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+8 to type °. This is on the standard U.S. and U.S. English Mac layouts.
Character Viewer
Ctrl+⌘ Cmd+Space
Press Ctrl+⌘+Space (or the Globe key + E), search for “degree symbol” and click ° to insert it.
iPhone
Long press on the keyboard
123 → 0
Tap 123, then press and hold 0. Slide your finger to ° in the pop-up and let go.
Checked on the English (US) keyboard. Other keyboard languages may place it elsewhere.
Make a shortcut (Text Replacement)
Turn a short word into ° once and type it in any app:
- Copy ° from this page.
- Open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement and tap +.
- Paste ° as the Phrase and type a Shortcut, for example ;degree.
- Now type ;degree anywhere: the keyboard suggests °.
Android
Symbol page in Gboard
?123 → =\<
Tap ?123, then =\<: ° has its own key there.
Checked on the English (US) keyboard. Other keyboard languages may place it elsewhere.
Make a shortcut (Gboard personal dictionary)
Teach your keyboard a short word that turns into °:
- Copy ° from this page.
- Open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, choose your language and tap +.
- Paste ° as the word and type a shortcut, for example ;degree.
- Type ;degree in any app and tap ° in the suggestions.
Linux
Unicode input
Ctrl+Shift+U 00b0 Enter
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 00b0 and press Enter or Space. Works in GTK apps and with IBus (GNOME, Ubuntu, Fedora).
What ° means and how it is used
The degree sign (U+00B0) marks temperatures, angles and map coordinates: 21 °C, a 90° turn, 48°51′ N. Style guides such as the SI brochure put a space before °C but none before an angle. It is easy to confuse with the masculine ordinal º used in Spanish and Portuguese (1º, 2º), which is underlined in many fonts, and with the small ring ˚ from aesthetic bios.
In Unicode, ° is code point U+00B0 with the official name DEGREE SIGN. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block and arrived with Unicode 1.1 in 1993.
Other words for it: hour, proof.
You will find it in our units, 112 symbols in all, together with ℃ µ Ω % ㎡.
Codes for HTML, CSS and JavaScript
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| HTML entity | ° | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ° | |
| HTML hex | ° | |
| CSS | content: "\00B0"; | |
| JavaScript | \u00B0 | |
| URL | %C2%B0 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 B0 | |
| Unicode | U+00B0 |
Will it show on my friend's phone?
Very likely yes: ° dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.
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Don't confuse ° with
These look alike but are different characters. Search, sorting and screen readers treat them differently, so copy the one you mean.
- °Degree symbolU+00B0 · DEGREE SIGN
- Masculine ordinal indicatorU+00BA · MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR · Latin-1 Supplement
- Ring above (small ring)U+02DA · RING ABOVE · Spacing Modifier Letters
- Modifier letter small oU+1D52 · MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O · Phonetic Extensions
- Superscript zeroU+2070 · SUPERSCRIPT ZERO · Superscripts and Subscripts
- Ring operatorU+2218 · RING OPERATOR · Mathematical Operators
- White circle symbolU+25CB · WHITE CIRCLE · Geometric Shapes
Names in other languages
What ° is called in the 12 languages of this site (Unicode CLDR and our editors). Tap a name to open that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Degree symbol |
| Português | Símbolo de grau |
| Español | Símbolo de grados |
| Italiano | Simbolo grado |
| Français | Symbole degré |
| Deutsch | Gradzeichen |
| Türkçe | Derece sembolü |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Simbol derajat |
| Polski | Symbol stopnia (degree) |
| Русский | Символ градуса |
| 日本語 | 度記号 |
| 한국어 | 도 기호 |
Related symbols
All Units →Questions people ask
How do I type ° on a laptop without a numeric keypad?
On Windows press Win + full stop (.) and pick ° in the Symbols tab, or in Word type 00B0 and press Alt+X. On a Mac press ⌥ Option+⇧ Shift+8.
What is the difference between ° and º?
° is the degree symbol (U+00B0). º is a different character: masculine ordinal indicator (U+00BA, Latin-1 Supplement block). They can look alike, but computers treat them as different letters, so a search for one will not find the other.
How do I type ° on an iPhone?
On the English keyboard tap 123, then press and hold 0 and slide to °.
What is the HTML code for the degree symbol?
Use the entity ° or the numeric code ° (hex °). In CSS write \00B0, in JavaScript \u00B0.
Will ° show on every phone?
Very likely yes: ° dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.