diff --git a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
index f9542579895..b9d54ae6f7d 100644
--- a/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/scattergeo/hover.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function getExtraText(trace, pt, pointData, labels) {
     if(hasLocation) {
         text.push(pt.loc);
     } else if(hasLon && hasLat) {
-        text.push('(' + format(pointData.lonLabel) + ', ' + format(pointData.latLabel) + ')');
+        text.push('(' + format(pointData.latLabel) + ', ' + format(pointData.lonLabel) + ')');
     } else if(hasLon) {
         text.push(labels.lon + format(pointData.lonLabel));
     } else if(hasLat) {
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/scattergeo_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/scattergeo_test.js
index 4a57113c9ab..389e4467b26 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/scattergeo_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/scattergeo_test.js
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ describe('Test scattergeo hover', function() {
 
     describe('should preserve lon/lat formatting hovetemplate equivalence', function() {
         var pos = [381, 221];
-        var exp = ['(10.00012°, 10.00088°)\nA'];
+        var exp = ['(10.00088°, 10.00012°)\nA'];
 
         it('- base case (truncate z decimals)', function(done) {
             Plotly.restyle(gd, {
@@ -427,11 +427,11 @@ describe('Test scattergeo hover', function() {
             .then(done, done.fail);
         });
 
-        it('- hovertemplate case (same lon/lat truncation)', function(done) {
+        it('- hovertemplate case (same lat/lon truncation)', function(done) {
             Plotly.restyle(gd, {
                 lon: [[10.0001221321]],
                 lat: [[10.00087683]],
-                hovertemplate: '(%{lon}°, %{lat}°)<br>%{text}<extra></extra>'
+                hovertemplate: '(%{lat}°, %{lon}°)<br>%{text}<extra></extra>'
             })
             .then(function() { check(pos, exp); })
             .then(done, done.fail);