# Bounds of the data downloaded via CDS Beta API

**URL:** <https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/bounds-of-the-data-downloaded-via-cds-beta-api/4032>\
**Category:** Datasets and Usage\
**Tags:** cds, global\_reanalysis, era5\
**Created:** [13 August 2024 11:59 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/bounds-of-the-data-downloaded-via-cds-beta-api/4032 "2024-08-13T11:59:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayanth](https://forum.ecmwf.int/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jayanth](https://forum.ecmwf.int/u/Jayanth)\
**Post date:** [13 August 2024 11:59 UTC](https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/bounds-of-the-data-downloaded-via-cds-beta-api/4032/1 "2024-08-13T11:59:06Z")

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Dear all,

For the following api request:

```auto
import cdsapi

client = cdsapi.Client()

dataset = "reanalysis-era5-single-levels"
request = {
    "year": [2024],
    "month": [1, 2],
    "day": [1],
    "time": ["23:00"],
    "product_type": "reanalysis",
    "variable": ["2m_temperature"],
    "data_format": "grib",
    "download_format": "unarchived",
    "area": [52.678, 13.085, 52.312, 13.758],
}
target = "download.grib"

client.retrieve(dataset, request, target)

ds = xr.load_dataset('download.grib', engine="cfgrib")
print(f"lonmax: {ds.longitude.max().item()}")
print(f"lonmin: {ds.longitude.min().item()}")
print(f"latmax: {ds.latitude.max().item()}")
print(f"latmin: {ds.latitude.min().item()}")

```

The output of the code above is:

```auto
lonmax: 13.585
lonmin: 13.085
latmax: 52.562
latmin: 52.312

```

Why are the bounds not matching the request?

Thanks and Best Regards,  
Jayanth