U+00B0 · Latin-1 Supplement

Degree Symbol °

The degree sign measures temperature, angles, and geographic coordinates. It appears on weather forecasts, oven dials, recipes, maps, and trigonometry homework, and it is also used for alcohol proof in some regions. A small raised circle, it is one of the most frequently searched symbols because most keyboards have no dedicated key for it.

WindowsAlt 248 / 0176

MacOption + Shift + 8

UnicodeU+00B0

HTML°

°U+00B0

Character codes

Unicode code point	`U+00B0`
Decimal	`176`
HTML named entity	`°`
HTML (hex)	`°`
HTML (decimal)	`°`
CSS	`\00B0`
JavaScript	`\u00B0`
Python	`\u00B0`
UTF-8 bytes	`C2 B0`
UTF-16	`00B0`
URL-encoded	`%C2%B0`

Character details

Official name	DEGREE SIGN
Unicode block	Latin-1 Supplement
General category	Other Symbol (So)
SymbolHero category	Math Symbols
Emoji	No

How to type °

Windows

Hold Alt and type 248 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 248 uses the code page 437.
Hold Alt and type 0176 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt. Alt 0176 uses the Windows-1252 code page.
In Microsoft Word or Outlook: type 00B0 then press Alt + X.
Open Character Map (search “Character Map” in Start), tick “Advanced view”, search for “degree sign”, then Select and Copy.

Mac

Press Option + Shift + 8 (US English keyboard layout).
Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “degree sign”, and double-click the result.
With the Unicode Hex Input keyboard enabled (System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources), hold Option and type 00B0.

iPhone & Android

Tap Copy at the top of this page, then long-press where you want it and choose Paste.

Docs & web

Google Docs: Insert → Special characters, then search “degree sign” or enter U+00B0.
HTML: ° or °
Excel / Google Sheets: =UNICHAR(176)

Examples

Oven set to 180 °C
Today's high: 72°F
A 90° angle
40.7128° N, 74.0060° W

Good to know

Don’t mix it up: Often confused with the masculine ordinal º (U+00BA), which sits higher and is underlined in some fonts, and with the ring above ˚ (U+02DA).

Tip: SI style puts a space before °C (20 °C) but no space for angles (90°); US newspapers usually omit the space in both.

Display: the character itself is always the same code point, but its shape comes from the font on the device showing it. If you see an empty box, the font lacks this glyph—the text is still correct.