DEGREE SIGN

Official Unicode character in the Latin-1 Supplement block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.

How to Type the DEGREE SIGN (°)

Windows Instructions

Hold Alt + type 0176 or Alt + 248 on NumPad

Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.

macOS (Apple) Instructions

Press Option + Shift + 8

Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.

Technical Specifications & Encoding Details

Unicode Codepoint	U+00B0
Decimal Value	176
Hexadecimal Value	0x00B0
UTF-8 Bytes	0xC2 0xB0
HTML Named Entity	°
HTML Decimal Entity	°
HTML Hex Entity	°
General Category	Other Symbol (So)
Unicode Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Script	Common